[Dilbert San Diego]

yep, sounds like toll roads are racist.

I remember years ago, some black activists charged that freeways from suburbs into cities were “white men’s roads through black men’s homes”, as they opposed interstate highways being built in some cities.

[tanknetter]

I remember years ago, some black activists charged that freeways from suburbs into cities were “white men’s roads through black men’s homes”, as they opposed interstate highways being built in some cities.

The National Building Museum, in Washington, DC (in the old Pension Building off Judiciary Square Metro), has an exhibit on DC that covers (including with pictures and pamphlets) how that slogan and campaign effectively stopped the MD-DC spoke of 395. Which now terminates at NY Ave.