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Why California Stopped Building Freeways

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  • Taylor, Brian D.

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Planning and construction of metropolitan freeway systems in the 1950s and 1960s frequently cited examples of planning gone awry. Critics point to insulated and indifferent highway builders, who concern themselves more with traffic flow than communities and carve up cities with little regard for the negative social, psychological, and aesthetic effects of freeways. Many freeway projects in cities around the country provoked "freeway revolts" - intense community opposition to specific freeway projects which led officials to delete controversial routes from state freeway plans.

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  • Taylor, Brian D., 1993. "Why California Stopped Building Freeways," University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers qt7dv694qg, University of California Transportation Center.
    • Handle: RePEc:cdl:uctcwp:qt7dv694qg
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    1. Kalauskas, Rebecca & Taylor, Brian D. & Iseki, Hiroyuki, 2009. "TASK A-1: Motivations Behind Electronic Road Pricing. What is the Driving Force Behind the Worldwide Rise in Tolling? A Review of Innovative Road Pricing from Across the Globe," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt0vh2c5nq, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.

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