“Stop The Highway” Learn About The History Of Transportation Advocacy In Roxbury

Written by Boston Biker on Jan 29

Got this in the mail today, looks interesting if you got the time you should check it out.

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Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010
12:00 Noon
Dudley Branch Library

“Stop the Highway” – the campaign that successfully halted the proposed ‘Inner Belt’ of Interstate Highway 95 that would have cut through towns from Concord to Boston and would have destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses in Roxbury. Many were displaced before a coalition of organized communities brought the plan to a halt.

Today’s Orange Line, Melnea Cass Blvd, Malcolm X Blvd, and many other changes are in place as a result of the organizing and leadership activities of Roxbury citizens and the Black United Front.

This is Roxbury’s recent history – that some never knew or heard of. Hear — and contribute to — this first of a 3-part series in the documentation of Roxbury’s role in shaping national policy on transportation and community planning.

Part One January 30 with Chuck Turner

Part Two February 27 with Leonard Durant

Part Three April 3 with Leonard Durant

Here is a photo of what was the plan for the intersection of Ruggles and
Tremont: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferriswheelsbikeshop/4313240361/

Scary!

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