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28 September 2002Road styles of the rich and famousLike most big-but-not-huge American cities, Indianapolis has a beltway of sorts, a highway built to Interstate standards (such as they are) which loops around the periphery and connects to other major highways. This is Interstate 465, and if David Letterman has his way, it will be renamed for him. To me, this seems to open a world of possibilities. Interstate 5 from Los Angeles north to the Canadian border could be renamed for Alec Baldwin, who presumably would use it to emigrate. Duval Street in Austin, Texas, its curbs lined with yuppiemobiles and its surface pockmarked by pavement irregularities both accidental and deliberate, making driving on it unsafe at any speed, could become Ralph Nader Avenue. And I'm sure Massachusetts can find a bridge to name after Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Posted at 12:38 PM to Driver's SeatWhen I lived in Atlanta, the local politicians would frequently rename streets after themselves, their kids, their paper boy, whomever. Nobody seemed to mind until the local media broke the news that it cost about $100,000 each time they did it. Tax dollars at work. Miami has many streets named after local heroes. But since the streets are also numbered, everyone ignores the new names. Posted by: Andrea Harris at 7:28 PM on 28 September 2002 |