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riotburn t1_j9v1q22 wrote

Reply to comment by Important-Ad1871 in Burying Moses' biggest middle finger to the city? Plan to tunnel the BQE being discussed by scooterflaneuse

Does San Francisco have other highways? How do you eliminate the only highway in the city's largest borough?

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blakeley t1_j9v510z wrote

SF had the Embarcadero that collapsed in an earthquake, they didn’t rebuild and things there seem fine with street cars along the waterfront.

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riotburn t1_j9v6oz6 wrote

SF has less than half the population density of Brooklyn, and from Google maps appears to have a lot of wide avenues. And you're saying the highway ends at the terminus for prob most of where people are going to.

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LiterallyBismarck t1_j9vxte9 wrote

Cities don't need highways to function, there's plenty without them in Europe and Asia. Even in North America, Vancouver does just fine without a highway.

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riotburn t1_j9vzxox wrote

They don't have highways circling the city?

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LiterallyBismarck t1_j9w1k05 wrote

The BQE doesn't circle the city, it goes right through the heart of downtown Brooklyn.

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riotburn t1_j9w7pa0 wrote

I mean it doesn't go through downtown Brooklyn...only bisects Williamsburg and Greenpoint.

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LiterallyBismarck t1_j9x6h6k wrote

I don't know what your definition of "downtown Brooklyn" is, but when I look on Google Maps, the BQE next to the Manhattan Bridge is literally a block away from the "Downtown Brooklyn" bridge, and it basically divides Dumbo from the rest of Brooklyn. I'm struggling to imagine what you think would qualify as going through downtown Brooklyn, if you don't think this counts.

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