Originally Posted by
professorscott
OK, here's some data to start with, then let's see where the facts take us. By my calculations there are 395 lane-miles of expressway in the City proper. [[I know how many lanes each segment of freeway is, with a few short exceptions, and it's easy to measure the distances.) If I'm wrong, and someone has a precise number, let me know.
The census bureau estimates the 2012 population at 701,475. So based on that, Detroit has 56.31 lane-miles of expressway per 100K population. [[And that's before any further expansion.)
If you can find a major city that beats that, let me know. "Major city" is to avoid situations like Pleasant Ridge. Let's say anything over 250K population counts for this purpose. I'd be happy to be wrong here, but doubt that I am.