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America’s Interstate Highway System cut through the hearts of many downtowns when it was built in the 1950s and 1960s, leaving a legacy of inequality and urban impoverishment.
Today, a new generation of “freeway fighters” wants to reclaim that land for transit and walkable neighborhoods.
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Megan Kimble, author of “City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America’s Highways.”
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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