Justice and the Interstates the racist truth about urban highways / edited by Ryan Reft, Amanda K. Phillips de Lucas, and Rebecca C. Retzlaff.
| Other author | Reft, Ryan. |
| Other author | Phillips de Lucas, Amanda K. |
| Other author | Retzlaff, Rebecca. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Washington : Island Press, [2023] |
| Description | xiv, 239 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: How Can a Highway be Racist? -- Part 1: Mythologies -- The Myth and the Truth about Interstate Highways / Sarah Jo Peterson -- The Interstates, Racism, and the Need for Truth and Reconciliation: The Case of Highway Routing in Alabama / Rebecca Retzlaff and Jocelyn Zanzot -- Overton Park: The Race and Class Politics of Environmentalism, Historic Preservation, and Highway Construction / Ryan Reft -- Part 2: Methods -- Milwaukee's Freeway Fights: Lessons from Building and Rebuilding / Ruben L. Anthony Jr. and Joseph Rodriguez -- The Perils of Civic Participation: Community Engagement and Interstate Planning in Baltimore / Amanda Phillips de Lucas -- Right in the Way: Generations of Highway Impacts in Houston / Kyle Shelton -- Latino Interchanges: Greater East Los Angeles in the Freeway Era / Gilbert Estrada and Jerry González -- Part 3: Momentum -- A Contemporary Path to Transportation Justice in Rondo / Tierra Bills -- Guerrilla in the Room / Amy Stelly -- Conclusion: Never Again Is Now: The Transportation Professions' Responsibility to Work Toward Justice / Steven Higashide |
| Abstract | Justice and the Interstates examines the toll that the construction of the U.S. Interstate Highway System has taken on vulnerable communities over the past seven decades, details efforts to restore these often- segregated communities, and makes recommendations for moving forward. It opens up new areas for historical inquiry, while also calling on engineers, urban planners, transportation professionals, and policymakers to account for the legacies of their practices. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022943479 |
| ISBN | 1642832618 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9781642832617 (paperback) |