https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/08/opinion/urban-highways-segregation.html
We shouldn’t double down on the failed urban highway planning that keeps Americans divided from one another. The Biden administration ought to use the Civil Rights Act not to pause but to fully cancel the highway expansion project that would further strangle Houston. For the United States to adapt to a changing, urbanizing world, the federal government must reckon with the automobile-based segregation it has encouraged for the past 70 years, investing instead in public transit and walkability.
And yes, in many cases, cities should follow Rochester’s lead. Recognize that these hulking concrete structures are the mistakes of a previous generation. Tear them down. Let the cities and their people heal.