Transportation
Should Milwaukee Remove A Second Freeway?
1.5-mile-long Wisconsin Highway 175, formerly US 41, could become a boulevard.
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I get the need for a study. And, this seems like a no-brainer to me. I mean, what could possibly be the argument for keeping it as is?
We were told that the environment was being destroyed by over population when I went to school in the 1960’s… There were 3 billion people then… there’s 8 billion now.
There are 3 times more people now… and 3 times more concrete, asphalt, cars, pollution, poverty, unemployment, crime, guns, disease, homelessness, wars…
Maybe the best solution to our transportation problems is birth control.
Just a couple months ago, my wife and I were driving on I94 and I questioned aloud “I wonder how long before they decide this freeway spur is useless and replace it with a nicer, more inviting boulevard?” Little did I know it would be a precursor to this study.
Actually, it’s about time. Some freeways make sense, some freeways don’t. Hwy 175 makes no sense. A nicely landscaped and inviting boulevard would work well. When I lived in the city (many years ago) I’d travel from the northwest side to my job at Falk using the Lisbon/Hwy 175 corridor. It wasn’t bad using the freeway, but a nice boulevard would’ve worked just as well.
I think it’s a good idea, long overdue.
I like Highway 175 the way it is. The improvements probably will lead to more traffic and ugly “national” (as opposed to local) commercial buildings lining the boulevard. For me it is a nice link to Lisbon Avenue (from National Avenue)
Duane has a good point. If this turns into a “boulevard” like Miller Parkway, lined with chain stores and restaurants, it would be a missed opportunity. The devil is in the details…
i’d say complete the connection to 94 or downtown. Relief some of the 94 traffic.