Planting a park on the Cross-Bronx expressway would save money and lives
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The researchers built a computer simulation to evaluate the effect of the conversion of a 2.4-mile section of the highway on 226,608 people living nearby. They found the project would benefit each resident monetarily and in terms of life expectancy, creating, per capita, an extra
"It is extremely rare for social policy investments to save both money and lives," says senior author
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In their paper, funded through the School's Global Research Analytics for
Still, creating a park from a highway would be a boon to any neighborhood, even if the highway isn't below grade. In the so-called Big Dig,
"Our estimates are very conservative," says Muennig. "These benefits likely hold true for more expensive conversions, with money left over to create a very nice park."
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