So you remember how a few years ago, in our very first season, we told the story of Boston's

epic struggle to tear down an elevated highway. Maybe you've noticed, Boston is not the only

city facing that problem. In fact, I would say every city in America has some version of this

problem, a crumbling, congested old highway right through

downtown, dividing historic neighborhoods, cutting the city off from the waterfront. You can see

the problem everywhere. It's easy to spot. The question is, what to do about it? That's where

things get contentious.

Brian Lairer on WNYC.

So what can be done to fix New York City's most hated mile of expressway?

Well, New York City...

So next week, we are kicking off a totally new project for this podcast.

What I like to call the Big Dig Highway Tear Down Tour, starting

where else, but New York City and the highway New Yorkers love to hate, the BQE.

The debate over what to do with the most crumbling part of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway.

Crumbling stretch of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. Crumbling part of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway before he was.

But that is just the first stop.

We will be live on stage in 10 cities across the country, from Austin, Texas to Louisville, Kentucky, to Baltimore, Maryland, to Rochester, New York, Syracuse, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, right here in

Boston. A lot coming up. At every event, I am partnering with a local media organization to pull

together an incredible group of local guests. We'll be talking tunnels, caps, highway removal,

redevelopment, re-alignment, redesignation, federal funding,

air quality, gentrification. In other words, the whole array of opportunities and challenges

that arise when a city tries to undo the harms of the past.

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