How Highways Squeezed Taxable Land Out of Cities

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By Angie SchmittOct 27, 2017, 4:58 pm165 pts
When transportation planners gouged interstate highways through urban areas in the 20th century, they damaged some cities irreparably. One under-appreciated effect was the removal of central city land from the tax roles. Thanks to the work of Kristin Floberg, an engineering master’s student at UConn, we can…

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