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Stop the Road

Freeway Revolts in American Cities

Raymond A. Mohl

University of Alabama at Birmingham

This article analyzes the freeway revolts that erupted in American cities in the 1960s and early 1970s. Until the mid-1960s, state and federal highway engineers had complete control over freeway route locations. In many cities, the new highways ripped through neighborhoods, parks, historic districts, and environmentally sensitive areas. Beginning in San Francisco, citizen movements sprang up to challenge the highwaymen. New federal legislation in the 1960s gradually imposed restraints on highway engineers, providing freeway fighters with grounds for legal action. Leaders in the new U.S. Department of Transportation pushed for a more balanced transportation system and more sensitive highway decision making. Case studies of freeway building and citizen opposition in Miami and Baltimore illustrate larger patterns of the national freeway revolt.

Key Words: transportation • expressways • freeway revolt • Miami • Baltimore

Journal of Urban History, Vol. 30, No. 5, 674-706 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0096144204265180
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