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texaskdog:
People don't come out of nowhere. They come from other roads. Eliminate I-35 completely and they'll have to go somewhere.
texaskdog:
--- Quote from: Plutonic Panda on November 16, 2022, 10:47:28 PM ---I almost hate to say it but I kinda would be interested to see the boulevard concept happen just to watch it fail so spectacularly and be a reminder to the rest of the country why that idea is so stupid. As if it needed to be proven in the first place but hey. Just thinking for fun, if they really went with the boulevard, I wonder how long it’d take residents to propose a new freeway tunnel or convert the boulevard back into a freeway.
That’d be a funny show to watch especially since I rarely visit Austin it’d likely never impact me lol
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But they won't ever admit it failed. They'd show how wonderful it was and scratch their heads why traffic is so bad everywhere else.
Plutonic Panda:
--- Quote from: texaskdog on November 16, 2022, 10:48:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: Plutonic Panda on November 16, 2022, 10:47:28 PM ---I almost hate to say it but I kinda would be interested to see the boulevard concept happen just to watch it fail so spectacularly and be a reminder to the rest of the country why that idea is so stupid. As if it needed to be proven in the first place but hey. Just thinking for fun, if they really went with the boulevard, I wonder how long it’d take residents to propose a new freeway tunnel or convert the boulevard back into a freeway.
That’d be a funny show to watch especially since I rarely visit Austin it’d likely never impact me lol
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But they won't ever admit it failed. They'd show how wonderful it was and scratch their heads why traffic is so bad everywhere else.
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I think the residents in Austin would get so fed up they’d start an initiative to bring it back if that ever happened. Thankfully that has about a -1% chance of happening.
Bobby5280:
If I-35 was turned into a surface boulevard through central Austin it would kill a lot of business in the downtown area. Lots of people who work in the downtown area would no longer want to drive there (they probably hate the commute enough as it is). All those night life crowds along 6th Street would drop off in number quite a bit.
thisdj78:
I was driving on 45 Toll SE this evening (westbound towards I-35) and noticed there is some construction activity going on in the median (location linked below). Anyone know what’s going on there? I wasn’t able to take any pictures, maybe I can try tomorrow when I pass thru again.
I know the connector segment (west of I-35) is still a few years off, so it can’t be related to that:
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https://goo.gl/maps/r9uBPdKenMbagn3u5
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