In what has to be one of the worst displays of hyperlocal “journalism” by Buffalo Rising ever, I present Route 5 @ 5. In an attempt to sway the opinion of what we can assume they thought was an audience of bobble-heads, they posted a photo of a moderate amount of traffic coming off [...]

No, it’s not because Mary Kunz Goldman said it’s the best feature of Buffalo’s waterfront, although that was a surprise to read. It’s that yet another of the oft-repeated reasons to tear it down is about to be disproven. We’ve heard before that Buffalo doesn’t have the shipping traffic it once had, so [...]

The radio is talking about blizzard-like conditions in some areas, with 60-70 MPH wind gusts. All the area schools are closed. Tractor trailers are blown over. You must be thinking that with such outrageous conditions that the Skyway is surely closed.
You would be wrong.

Thank God some people over at Buffalo Rising see through Tielman Park for what it is:
This project can be just like the part of Main Street with out cars except… in the sky. Brilliant?
Didn’t they have that look at the Embarcadero in SanFran when they stopped the building the elevated expressway. I don’t remember it [...]

Apparently, there is no shortage of Skyway reuse ideas out there today. BuffaloGeek sets us up for an interview on this next week:

While it’s a much better concept than Tielman Park, again, what problems does it solve? It’s an incredibly inefficient way to get to the outer harbor by foot, and it doesn’t [...]

Kids, you can’t write comedy better than this. Tim Tielman has come up with a plan to turn the Skyway into a park. Here’s the image and story posted over on Buffalo Rising.

Now, let’s think back to all the reasons that people bellow forth as to why the Skyway “needs” to come down:

It’s [...]

I finally had the opportunity to listing to WNYMedia’s interview with Congressman Higgins. Who would have guessed that we’d be actually be agreeing on Route 5 issues?
Higgins said, “The fact of the matter is according to the Department of Transportation, you have some 43,000 vehicles that travel from the Southtowns into the [...]

BuffaloPundit today takes on the issue of people suing to stop the Southtowns Connector.
I laugh at the standard comments, such as “By the way I think it is quite quaint that you think the residents of Hamburg and Lackawanna should have any say in what Buffalo would like to do with its water [...]

One of the things that makes Buffalo great is the fact that it’s so easy to get around. While many urbanites decry Buffalo’s network of highways, being able to quickly get from the northtowns to the southtowns in half an hour is a feature not found in many population centers.
Business First has another reason [...]

Urbanist Idol John Norquist came to town. Again. In a press conference that shocked nobody, he claimed the skyway should come down. But now, in his post mayoral, ineffective years, he’s calling people out. Like, former bosom buddy Congressman Higgins and, of course, Governor Spitzer.
“I doubt the governor has really looked [...]