[Rizzo]

Even with the development option in #4 I can't imagine it being all that pleasant. Kind of like the Congress parkway in Chicago. No matter how many buildings go up alongside it or how much pretty landscaping is done, it still sucks to walk along because wide boulevards in American cities generally suck to walk along. Cars go fast and they take long to cross and new development is usually coarse grain and kind of faceless. I'd actually much prefer keeping the freeway and capping it in portions with extremely intensive programming that will encourage people to go there.