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Freeway Revolts and Racially Exclusive Participatory Planning: A History of Organized Opposition to Freeway Construction in Pacoima

Publication Date

May 8, 2025

Author(s)

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Susan Handy, Paul Ong, Jesus M. Barajas, Jacob Wasserman, Chhandara Pech, Juan Carlos Garcia Sanchez, Andres F Ramirez, Aakansha Jain, Emmanuel Proussaloglou, Andrea Nguyen, Katherine Turner, Abigail Fitzgibbon, Francois Kaeppelin, Felipe Ramirez, Marc Arenas

Abstract

Historically, disadvantaged communities have been disproportionately affected by highway planning and freeway siting, particularly in California.

This is an interactive storymap of communities impacted by highway planning in California.