SPECIAL: Freeway Exit
Added 2023-07-11 10:00:05 +0000 UTCHello, Patreon friends:
Please enjoy this special presentation of the first episode of Freeway Exit, a six-part series produced by award-winning reporter Andrew Bowen of KPBS Public Media in San Diego, California. We think it is really nicely done and War on Cars listeners will appreciate it.
Freeway Exit reveals the mostly forgotten history of how Southern California’s urban freeway network was built. It tells the story of the citizens and public servants who fought these projects and how decades after that network was finished, some communities are still working to heal the wounds that freeways left behind.
While Freeway Exit focuses specifically on the urban highways of Southern California, the story that Andrew tells is universal: Freeways aren’t free. We pay for them in all kinds of ways — with our tax dollars, our time, our environment and our health. In the 20th century we planned, designed, and built highways through the middle of our cities. In the 21st century we can and must plan, design, and build something else better in their place.
Find all six episodes of Freeway Exit right here or wherever you get your podcasts.
As always, let us know what you think in the comments!
Aaron, Doug & Sarah
Comments
Really looking forward to hearing this series in full.
Marc Cowans
2023-07-14 15:27:55 +0000 UTCThanks for sharing. I hope it gets less simplistic. Environmental justice is a loaded term with multiple layers. For siting purposes you will often hear people talk about the choice of locating less desirable operations in low-cost areas. No one has a tidy solution to where these should be sited. And I remember working for a company with an industrial location surrounded by new housing; some residents wanted the facility to close. Excuse me?! That facility has been there for over a hundred years. Shirley, pay the man.
Norman Umberger
2023-07-12 22:14:25 +0000 UTC
