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Comment by jacobolus

> car > rail. Which was true and progressive, for a period! Say, 1950 to 1970?

What does “true and progressive” mean? The freeway expansions of the mid 20th century cutting through city centers were disastrous all over the USA, right from the start. Horrible for urban society, economy, equity, ...

Thankfully San Francisco was never turned into https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~2...

Great for the automobile, tire, and petroleum industries though.

parent jacobolus 4 years ago

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