The expansion of the 710 freeway is canceled due to racism. Highways can be racist in deep blue California. In order to change that, they will cancel the much-needed expansion during a full-blown supply chain crisis.
About 83% of the people living along the 710 are Black and Latino. The area is comprised of mostly working class neighborhoods.
The expansion affects those people, therefore it must be racist. The Los Angeles Times also claims it has the worst air quality and that is racist too.
Obviously, the Times doesn’t know the definition of racism.
According to the Times, the freeways are “a potent symbol of a larger effort playing out across the state: to stop freeways that shape, divide and hurt neighborhoods, especially those where people of color live.”
“The Times found that more than 200,000 people nationwide have lost their homes because of federal road projects over three decades.”
“The largest recent highway expansions, including in California, have forced out residents in Black and Latino neighborhoods at a disproportionately high rate”.
Years ago, Irish and Italians were forced out in large numbers. They were living in those neighborhoods. It is patently false that it has anything to do with racism.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has drawn criticism for his claim that much of America’s infrastructure is “racist”. He claims highways isolate minority communities. Pothole Peter pointed to planners like New York’s Robert Moses.
Unfortunately, they need the expansion.
The cancelation of the 710 expansion comes in the midst of a supply chain crisis in which one of the limiting factors has been the difficulty of moving trucks in and out of port facilities with shipping containers at Los Angeles and Long Beach, Breitbart reports.
Maybe close the freeways and route traffic through the local neighborhoods and end racism. All Crime Matters.
California doesn’t need to expand the 710 freeway. When the Country goes into Depression no one will be able to Afford Gasoline and the California power grid is already in Collapse. Electricity for Electric Cars will be in short supply also. California Cities will resemble the War Zones of those Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Movies. After California crumbles, so will every Big… Read more »
Much of the supply chain crisis would be alleviated if more ships would cross through the China controlled Panama Canal and go to Texas, Florida and Georgia ports. They’re open for business. Cost more? Maybe, maybe not, but that may be another reason to quit buying from Asia and produce our own. Should be doing that anyway. Best thing about… Read more »
Going around Africa or through the Suez is actually cheaper to the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico. Shipping is far cheaper than the cross country truck freight from California.