Syracuse Common Councilor Van Robinson is leading the attempt to remove interstate 81. During a news conference at Syracuse University he said a report out today, cited a significant increase in public transportation use. Robinson said the removal of interstate 81 will get even more people to use the bus. Robinson called Syracuse the “Emerald City,” in regards to the city’s efforts to conserve energy. He believes rerouting 81 will help Syracuse become this emerald city, by removing pollutants from the center of the city. He gave a specific increase he would like to see in transportation, should the city follow through with the removal of 81. Robinson said "Rider-ship has increased by thirty percent. If we could increase that by another fifty percent it would handle a lot of our issues as far as energy is concerned."
Robinson said another benefit to doing away with this section of the interstate, is that it will add to the economy. He used San Francisco as an example of a city that removed a major freeway. "It had an economic return in the millions of dollars," Robinson said. The city has received 19 proposals back from companies who want to assist the city in evaluating the benefits of removing the interstate. The deadline is August 5th for proposals.
Here is an article on how locals feel about the current public transportation system. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf?/base/news-4/121611210331890.xml&coll=1
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