Looking at CyclOSM, if automobile access is denied here, it would provide a connection between Newberry Boulevard and the LMD-bordering part of the Oak Leaf Trail Lake Line that currently requires a substantial northbound detour, adding just under 1 mi. Removing this detour would provide the eastern half of that neighborhood with a much lower stress route down the East Side into East Town that would otherwise not be taken. (I say ‘eastern half’ because the western half is closer to the Milwaukee River Line which is already a banger of a bike route.)
Looking at CyclOSM, if automobile access is denied here, it would provide a connection between Newberry Boulevard and the LMD-bordering part of the Oak Leaf Trail Lake Line that currently requires a substantial northbound detour, adding just under 1 mi. Removing this detour would provide the eastern half of that neighborhood with a much lower stress route down the East Side into East Town that would otherwise not be taken. (I say ‘eastern half’ because the western half is closer to the Milwaukee River Line which is already a banger of a bike route.)