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Podcast – The Climate Pod – “Highways Are Horrible For Climate Change. How Does The Problem Keep Expanding?” (Ep 298, June 26, 2024)

Megan Kimble talks about the history of the interstate system, “freeway fighters,” racial inequity, and why continued highway expansion is a climate problem. Good for connecting removal conversations to emissions, equity, and current federal funding debates.
Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/highways-are-horrible-for-climate-change-how-does-the/id1469270123?i=1000660279805

PRRAC – “The Freeway Revolts – then and now” (Poverty & Race Journal, 2025)
Historical essay that ties the original freeway revolts in places like Boston and Cambridge to today’s decommissioning wave in cities such as Minneapolis, New Orleans, Akron, Syracuse, and Rochester. Great for grounding discussions in civil rights history and “Act 2” freeway removal. https://www.prrac.org/the-freeway-revolts-then-and-now-january-april-2025-pr-journal/ 

City Beautiful at Seattle’s Waterfront – featured in The Urbanist’s “Sunday Video: What Happens After A City Removes A Freeway?”
Dave Amos walks through Seattle’s post-viaduct waterfront and compares it to freeway removals in Portland and Rochester. Extra nice since it is local to you and links regional change to the national movement. https://www.theurbanist.org/2021/06/27/sunday-video-what-happens-after-a-city-removes-a-freeway/