This document discusses the impacts of removing freeways and how it can positively impact cities. It notes that taking down freeways can reunite neighborhoods, provide waterfront access, encourage development, and create more attractive and walkable environments. However, it also cautions that simply removing freeways may not achieve the desired effects and other complementary changes would also need to be made, such as increasing mixed uses, safe streets, and active building designs. The document ultimately argues that removing barriers like harbors could help development and links between areas, which would further incentivize positive changes if a freeway was also removed.

2. It’s not about the freeway
Rory Williams

3. cars

4. Why avoiding freeways is smart
• Reunite divided neighbourhoods
• Provide access to waterfronts
• Encourage development
• Increase land values
• Eliminate visibility barriers
• Create attractive and walkable environments

5. Division and access

6. Development and land value

7. Visibility barriers

8. Attractive environments

9. Unattractive environments

10. “We need to ask how the foreshore can
reinvent the city,
rather than just asking
how the foreshore can be reinvented.”
Mokena Makeka

11. How to reinvent the city?
• Context gives meaning
• Freeway has positive and negative impacts
• Same with the foreshore itself

12. The freeway is too easy
• Taking down the freeway is the easy (but
costly) option and can only achieve desired
effect if other things are also done
• Start with the other enablers

13. Enablers
• Increased mix of activities
• Safe and attractive streets
• Buildings that encourage activity
And…

14. Get
Rid
Of
The
Harbour

15. Does this contribute to urban life?

16. Every plan wants a breach
DistrictSixDraftDevelopmentFramework

17. Harbour alternatives

18. And everything falls into place
• Development and destination
• Link to the ocean and V&A Waterfront
• Expanded role of V&A
• Incentives to overcome the shadow effect
• Better connections