Austin’s I-35 Problem Has a Solution. But Can We Get It Right?

You probably woke up today to an Interregional Highway 35 choked with cars and caked in soot, a resonant cacophony shaking the bones of unlucky passers-by. Along its frontage roads, crumbling sidewalks exemplify the lack of investment for the pedestrians struggling to navigate its shadows. And you’ll probably wake up to it tomorrow.

I-35 can have a better future if the will exists to redesign it for the use of the people of Austin rather than the cars of Austin. The real problem lies not in the highway's throughput capacity . . .

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