Caltrans seeks input on project to remove racist Bay Area freeway

SF Gate ^ | October 8, 2024 | By Olivia Harden, Travel Reporter

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Boondoggle.

[TheBattman]

How is a freeway “racist”? An inanimate structure....

[yuleeyahoo]

They should remove every freeway, expressway, etc. from Oakland and make every intersection a four-way stop. It’s the only way to prevent racist roads.

[M Kehoe]

Can a mountain be a racist?

Or a mule? Or a gun?

The moon and the sun?

5.56mm

[Az Joe]

Get an old priest and a young priest

[EvilCapitalist]

Because it contains blacktop?

[Track9]

I bet every one of those multiple organizations has a get out the leftist vote plan.

[Gay State Conservative]

Yup....a great idea to show those poor,helpless victims that you care by making their commutes twice as long as they are now.

[rfp1234]

...and adversely affected community members’ health because of air quality impacts.

So, forcing trucks and other vehicles to use surface streets instead of a demolished freeway won't have adverse health effects?!

Oh yeah, I forgot about Newsom's EV mandate (the grid will be powered by unicorn-fart energy).

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

The Bay Bridge is the longest bridge in the world. It can take you from Africa to Fairyland.

[rfp1234]

It’s apparently able to ostracize people...

[Deaf Smith]

>>How is a freeway “racist”?

When in some parts of the country, locals demand that it be named MLK Freeway.

[rfp1234]

There are several hospitals nearby. Demolishing the freeway will slow down ambulances (and cop cars and fire trucks) and thus kill more people, in the name of equity.

[rfp1234]

The mayor of Los Gatos got in trouble for saying that 35 years ago (except he said “Jungleland” instead of Africa).

[E. Pluribus Unum]

So now thoroughfares can be racist.

Is there anything they can’t do?

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

I thought this was the Bee.

I don’t think black people want to live with white people.

Are they on board?

[Zathras]

Wouldn’t it be cheaper to just re-name it?

[HartleyMBaldwin]

make every intersection a four-way stop

No, no, make every intersection a roundabout. Much more efficient according to traffic planners, who must not actually, you know, drive cars.

[dfwgator]

There’s a black man with a black cat
Livin’ in a black neighborhood
He’s got an interstate runnin’ through his front yard
You know he thinks he’s got it so good

[Colorado Doug]

Wow! $680,000! Given how much it costs to get anything done in California, that might pay for painting one crosswalk.