New Orleans checking in (I live about a mile from I-10). I agree with your assessment, the interstate has connected areas like New Orleans East better to employment hotbeds like downtown and the ports, new businesses have developed on Claiborne ave and the neighborhood does use the area as personal party space pretty frequently (MG, weekend cook outs etc). While there is no perfect way to right a historic wrong but my personal take is rather than take the highway down examine how the neighborhood adapted to it and build actual infrastructure in the space that was created. Sidewalks are barely existent along Claiborne, you can park your car under the underpass but then you still have to get across a two lane street to actually get to a lot of businesses. Addition of walk/bike ways, dedicated parking areas with cross walks, fenced in areas that could become playgrounds/sportish areas, trash cans, sitting areas, people already use the space as a park/gathering type space so why not put in the actual work needed for it to be a clean safe place for the community?
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New Orleans checking in (I live about a mile from I-10). I agree with your assessment, the interstate has connected areas like New Orleans East better to employment hotbeds like downtown and the ports, new businesses have developed on Claiborne ave and the neighborhood does use the area as personal party space pretty frequently (MG, weekend cook outs etc). While there is no perfect way to right a historic wrong but my personal take is rather than take the highway down examine how the neighborhood adapted to it and build actual infrastructure in the space that was created. Sidewalks are barely existent along Claiborne, you can park your car under the underpass but then you still have to get across a two lane street to actually get to a lot of businesses. Addition of walk/bike ways, dedicated parking areas with cross walks, fenced in areas that could become playgrounds/sportish areas, trash cans, sitting areas, people already use the space as a park/gathering type space so why not put in the actual work needed for it to be a clean safe place for the community?
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