Skip the Highway, Build a Boulevard!

This artist rendering by Maxwell J. Hentosh illustrates CIVITAS and Connect Urban Erie's vision of a Bayfront Boulevard complete street and Bluffside Park near the Holland intersection. This concept represents a pedestrian-friendly alternative to PE…

This artist rendering by Maxwell J. Hentosh illustrates CIVITAS and Connect Urban Erie's vision of a Bayfront Boulevard complete street and Bluffside Park near the Holland intersection. This concept represents a pedestrian-friendly alternative to PENNDOT's planned Bayfront Parkway project, which would reinforce the Bayfront's current use as a high-speed vehicular traffic corridor, severing the waterfront from downtown.

Read the latest “Considering the City” essay by CIVITAS and Connect Urban Erie members Lisa Austin and Adam Trott published in the Erie Reader on Wednesday, July 29, 2020: Skip the Highway, Build a Boulevard!