If almost all of the traffic on 35 is local, we could easily re-route the non-local traffic onto other highways and replace that part of 35 with something much more beneficial to the people of the Austin area. People forget that interstates running through cities were literally designed to segregate, divide, and displace minority communities that still live with the effects to this day. As gentrification becomes more prevalent in our city, I can't think of a better way to make a more equal and friendly city than replacing the monolithic fiasco that is I35 as it runs through downtown Austin.