The mid-century freeway boom sparks a backlash. Communities across the country that are slated to be demolished for freeways start fighting back. In San Diego, activists organize a campaign to stop a highway from destroying their predominantly Black and Latino neighborhood. Changes in Sacramento also push Caltrans in a new direction.

San Diego Magazine article on Cabrillo Freeway widening: https://cdn.kpbs.org/93/87/314066f54748938933f0147bf169/163-widening-article.pdf

The mid-century freeway boom sparks a backlash. Communities across the country that are slated to be demolished for freeways start fighting back. In San Diego, activists organize a campaign to stop a highway from destroying their predominantly Black and Latino neighborhood. Changes in Sacramento also push Caltrans in a new direction. San Diego Magazine article on Cabrillo Freeway widening: https://cdn.kpbs.org/93/87/314066f54748938933f0147bf169/163-widening-article.pdf

The mid-century freeway boom sparks a backlash. Communities across the country that are slated to be demolished for freeways start fighting back. In San Diego, activists organize a campaign to stop a highway from destroying their predominantly Black and Latino neighborhood. Changes in Sacramento also push Caltrans in a new direction.

San Diego Magazine article on Cabrillo Freeway widening: https://cdn.kpbs.org/93/87/314066f54748938933f0147bf169/163-widening-article.pdf

The freeway revolts

Freeways are not free. We pay for them in all kinds of ways — with our tax dollars, our time, our environment and our health. While freeways have enabled huge amounts of economic growth, they've also caused displacement and division. Learn the forgotten history of our urban freeway network, and how decades after that network was finished, some communities are still working to heal the wounds that freeways left behind. As climate change threatens to wreak havoc on our cities, freeways are not just a part of the problem. They can also be part of the solution.

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