Korea does something right, for a change.
The New York Times reports on a project in Seoul that tore down a highway and “daylighted” (unearthed) an old river. It’s had great environmental benefits, as well as markedly improved quality of life issues. This post provides nice details on what was done. This post talks about the counter-intuitive effects of tearing down highways – how it can actually reduce congestion (although it’s not clear to me that this isn’t just making things worse elsewhere).
If true, then it occurs to me that Boston’s Big Dig may prove to be the greatest waste of taxpayer dollars in American history.
Tags: Daylighting
