St. Louis has something to learn from Louisville

Louisville seems to be doing everything right to prevent an exceptionally shortsighted and disastrous multi-billion dollar project from moving forward. It’s time for St. Louis to seize the opportunity to reconnect downtown to the riverfront and remove I-70 from I-64 north to the site of the new Mississippi River Bridge.

Don’t think it can be done? I-70 carries too much traffic? Where would all the cars go? Here is one San Francisco value that should be welcomed by everyone in Missourah. What’s that? Don’t care for San Francisco values? How about Boston, Milwaukee, Seattle, Rochester, Cleveland, Nashville . . . We have much to learn:

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