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What do people think about the trend to replace aging Eisenhower-era downtown highways with freeways that have a better, less destructive alignment but also a significant capacity increase? Providence did this, and so did Oklahoma City. It's sort of a Pyrrhic victory.

Another issue I have is that the right of way left over by the demolished freeway often gets taken up by a rather expansive arterial road, dressed up as a "boulevard", but really just another traffic funnel.