>>a street-level community grid to replace the elevated portion of Interstate 81
sounds like they want to remove the “bypass” and force all riders to go through the “business route”.
And street level sounds to me like traffic lights.
And congestion.
Dumb...
I think you’re right - that’s exactly what it is/will be.
I would add that ‘congestion’ gives the appearance and feel of a highly populated city that has the ‘hustle and bustle’ of Atlanta, NYC, or Hong Kong.
Surely Kristen (F-bomb) Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer know this and that is their real goal. Aside from throwing other people’s money down the drain, that is.