Milwaukee Magazine turned to Dr. Robert Schneider (Professor and Co-Chair, Urban Planning) for insight into the city’s ongoing debate over whether to remove a segment of I-794. In the story by Larry Sandler, Schneider reflects on lessons learned from Milwaukee’s 1999 removal of the Park East Freeway, a project overseen by former UWM faculty member and planning director Peter Park.
“The fear has proved unfounded,” Schneider says in the article, noting the growth that followed. “Development around Fiserv Forum, new Milwaukee School of Engineering buildings, and renewed interest in the Haymarket neighborhood, including the replacement for the Milwaukee Public Museum, would have been unlikely if the Park East had remained.”
Read the full story at Milwaukee Magazine.