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Re:Electric scooter ban increased congestion by 10% in Atlanta by asoneth on Monday October 31, 2022 @03:23PM (#33411315)
This is sort of what Boston tried to do with the big dig[1], where several highways were buried under the city. It ended up costing billions and took 15 years to complete. Also, while the RFK Greenway is nice it is also regularly bisected by busy surface roads and on/off ramps so it sometimes feels more like a grassy median than a real park.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dig

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Re:Electric scooter ban increased congestion by 10% in Atlanta by trgn on Monday October 31, 2022 @03:47PM (#33411790)
Money well spent. We put excrement underground, might as well do the same for cars.

On a side-note, I was in Boston this summer and it's so much more of an airy and accommodating place than I remember from 10-15 years ago. Lot's of the COVID traffic calming and patios still in place. Awesome, go Boston!

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