Quote Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner View Post
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With Detroit, you would have to do this in a place that makes economic sense. The additional cost of developing such a wide bridge would need to be bourne by the retailers that line it. ...
Why?

Infrastructure. Reasonable Infrastructure. Civic Infrastructure. Should be built for good developmental reasons for citizens. The road was paid for by tax dollars. Why not features to properly integrate into urban environments?

[[I do recognize the danger of public funds for private purpose -- see Ed McNamara and I-275 for example, and no doubt countless others.)