SEVERAL BUFFALO COMMON COUNCILMEMBERS WANT THE KENSINGTON EXPRESSWAY ADDED TO THE STUDIES CURRENTLY BEING CONDUCTED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON THE SCAJAQUADA EXPRESSWAY THROUGH DELAWARE PARK.
Both roads are products of the highway model, mowing down everything to build expressways: Read More
A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EXPERT ON LIVABLE TRANSPORTATION SAYS THE SCAJAQUADA EXPRESSWAY IS A SMALL PART OF A LARGER NEED FOR LAND-USE PLANNING IN THIS AREA.
Ian Lockwood visited at the invitation of the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy to look at the park road, as the state Department of Transportation deadline for comment approaches.Read More
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — ASSEMBLYMAN MICKEY KEARNS ANNOUNCED THAT A TOTAL OF $500,000 IN STATE FUNDING HAS BEEN AWARDED TO THE BUFFALO OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY AND THE BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY BOTANICAL GARDENS.
Kearns was joined by Botanical Gardens President/CEO David Swarts and The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy Executive Director Stephanie Crockatt. Read More
THE YMCA TURKEY TROT IS THE “OLDEST CONTINUALLY RUN FOOTRACE IN NORTH AMERICA.” IT IS ONLY A COUPLE OF DECADES YOUNGER THAN THE PARK THROUGH WHICH IT HAS PASSED FOR OVER A CENTURY.
But this year the park was more than a backdrop – it spoke up and asked for help. Dozens of advocates for the park were on site with a simple message: we need help to stop the DOT’s top-down plan for the 198 from being shoved down our throats. Read More
EMBARCADERO FREEWAY IN SAN FRANCISCO, HARBOR DRIVE IN PORTLAND, PARK EAST IN MILWAUKEE, ALASKAN WAY IN SEATTLE, INNER LOOP IN ROCHESTER, AND THE ROBERT MOSES PARKWAY IN NIAGARA FALLS ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF INNOVATIVE PROJECTS THAT REMOVED HIGHWAYS AND RESTORED URBAN LANDSCAPES TO BETTER SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES.
As we know, the U.S. highway system was an engineering wonderment that rapidly moved people and goods through our cities to create economic gains. Read More
