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Two Boulevards and a Bridge

A proposal to the NYS DOT for the I-81 Redevelopment Project.   Original submission is at bottom.   Also included are related proposals and Syracuse "Efficient Streets" Initiative design concepts.

October 21, 2019 -- August 2021
'Two Boulevards and a Bridge', the true street-grid solution: Comments on the NYSDOT I-81 Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and presenting an alternative street-grid solution. This is a quite detailed plan. This document enhances, consolidates, and supercedes the original 'Two Boulevards and a Bridge' street-grid proposal and the subsequent 5 1/2 years of addenda related to it.
Download comments (13 MB): i81_DEIS_comments_moneti.pdf

Complimentary Material. To understand the images and video, please read first the i81_DEIS_comments_moneti.pdf:

  • Juxtaposed Syracuse: Juxtaposed images of Syracuse today vs future true street-grid solution. Yellow buildings represent new development.
  • 3D model Flyover video of proposed true street-grid solution: Includes downtown, 'Canal Park', Almond St, West St, Franklin Square, new 'Oswego St' (replaces northside freeway), restructured I-690 and ramps, re-conceived and developed Erie Blvd, plus numerous new development (yellow buildings).
graphic of downtown 'full street-grid solution'

March 26, 2017
Comments on the SMTC Roundabout Feasibility Study of 2016. The original SMTC report can be found at: http://www.smtcmpo.org/finalreps.asp?fy=2016&ShowAll=0 .
Download comments (2.2 MB): comments_SMTC_roundabout_study_2016.pdf

December 20, 2016
Open letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx regarding the I-81 project. It argues for inclusion of a North Side street-grid alternative in the project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), and that a full South Side and North Side street-grid solution will create a far greater economic stimulus than the other options, and that it is critical to the future economic and cultural prosperty of Syracuse.

October 12, 2016
Comments on DOT October 6th update of the I-81 Redevelopment Project. The designs incorporate more public suggestions, but there are still major issues to resolve.
Download comments (1.2 MB): i81_october_update.pdf

July 24, 2016
Comments on DOT Onondaga Lake Pkwy road safety improvement project—separate from the I-81 project, but related. Includes a Liverpool Village redesign concept.
Download proposal (1.1 MB, 5 pages): liverpool.pdf graphic of Liverpool Village concept

June 17, 2016
The "Magic Roundabout" deconstructed via one image – It doesn't pertain to the I-81 project, but it may provide additional insight into the nature of roundabouts.
magic_roundabout.jpg

June 8, 2016
Revision 3 Update: Northerly Traffic to Destiny Mall, Farmers Market, Transportation Hub, Stadium, etc. – eliminating the need to access Hiawatha Blvd.
Download proposal (532 kB): r3-1_update_liverpool.pdf

June 5, 2016
Design concept: Fast Compact Urban Interchange – Highway ramps and cross street meet at a 4-leg roundabout at highway underpass, providing continuous and high volume flow. Optional slip lanes further increase volume without adding to interchange footprint. (a.k.a underpass roundabout)
Download image (181 kB): fast_compact_urban_interchange.jpg

May 5, 2016
My submission to the Elevating Erie Competition – Ideas for transforming Erie Blvd from a suburban style arterial road into an Urban avenue. (Not part of the competition as it was a week late.)
Download proposal (4.6 MB): elevating_erie_slides.pdf
graphic Erie Blvd redesign concept

April 30, 2016
Redesign of Glenwood Ave / South Ave / Valley Dr Intersection. ("Efficient Streets" option)
Download proposal (1.3 MB): glenwood_south_roundel.pdf

April 26, 2016
Redesign of Butternut St / Grant Blvd Intersection. ("Efficient Streets" option)
Download proposal (377 kb): butternut_grant_roundabout.pdf

April 10, 2016
Addendum 2: Redesign of N Salina St, N State St, and Butternut St Intersections.
Download proposal (824.2 kb): salina_state_roundabouts.pdf
Last updated: Jul 8, 2017 (Replaced rejected first design with current image of street)

February 16, 2016
Revision 3: Redesign of the City Portion of I-81 North (revision 1 and 2 unpublished).
A.K.A missing "North Side street-grid alternative".
Download proposal (2.3 MB, 8 pages): revision_3-2_i81_north.pdf
Last updated: Aug 05, 2017 graphic of downtown redesign

August 24, 2015
Addendum 1: Clarification of Liverpool/Destiny Exit proposal.
Download proposal (1.1 MB): addendum_liverpool_exit.pdf

August 29, 2014
Two Boulevards and a Bridge: The original submission for an I-81 Project street-grid alternative plan.
Download proposal (9MB, 24 pages): i81_roundabouts_v2-1.pdf
(Document images are in HD resolution and are best viewed on screen in color with the
ability to zoom in and see the street names and other details.) graphic of downtown

Carlo Moneti
Syracuse, NY