Writer's Research Query: Freeway Revolts

[dewline]

I stumbled across something today on Wikipedia that struck me as Interesting...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway_revolt

Does anyone here have any memories or recommended reading on the subject on or off-line?

Comments

[realtegan.livejournal.com]

I don't have any certainties, but for a long time there were a whole bunch of "offramps to nowhere" at the I-5/I-90 interchange in Seattle, and a few further down I-90 that still exist. I remember asking my mom about them as a little girl and she said something about people not wanting their homes destroyed by the routes. It kind of blew my mind, because I was young enough not to realize that people's homes could be destroyed for public works. I think most of the offramps are gone now, removed with new construction, but as a child I thought there was some great poetry in the concrete ramps that lifted into the sky and ... just stopped.

[madlycool.livejournal.com]

Your link is incorrect. It's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway_revolt (and Wiki's search engine is too stupid to figure that out).

The most notable one i know is the Spadina Expressway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spadina_Expressway

"The debate over the Spadina Expressway, and its eventual cancellation, are regarded as a turning point in local history."

Here's an expressway in Hamilton that spawned opposition, but is going through anyway (no wealthy voters lived in its path):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hill_Valley_Parkway