Privatizing DC roads?!: Chain Bridge Rd and University Terr

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Anonymous wrote:We should really look into privatizing DC 295 and tolling it.

295 should be either demolished or tunnelized. Like many urban highways constructed across the US aim the 50s, it was an economic wrecking ball for black neighborhoods. There is no single thing that the city could to revitalize communities EOTR than to get rid of that road and restore access to the waterfront.

L-O-L

Generations of poverty, violence, and illness created by big dumb infrastructure projects may be a joke to you, but I assure you that it’s not to those who have experienced it.

Good article on what this road has done to those who have the misfortune to live on the wrong side of it: https://ggwash.org/view/81903/both-route-295-and-railroads-divide-neighborhoods-in-northeast-dc

The fact that you provide a link to a GGW article is perfect.

295 blocking access to Bolling AFB and Anacostia Park is not creating poverty. You’re an idiot.

Poverty is not a joke to me but you certainly are.

Did you just arrive from Mars or something? That highways - like 295 - decimated black inner city communities is foundational American history. I’d recommend this for starters: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/role-of-highways-in-american-poverty/474282/. 295 is certainly not the sole cause of the problems EOTR, but there is no doubt that those neighborhoods would be significantly improved were the highway to be covered or dismantled entirely. One of the few positives of the Big Dig was what it did for downtown Boston (https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/12/29/years-later-did-big-dig-deliver/tSb8PIMS4QJUETsMpA7SpI/story.html).

The reason that upper NW inside the beltway is so nice is they fought off the originally planned interstates in the area. Pretty much every nice neighborhood today does not have a highway running through it. I don't get why some people fail to see any link here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been enjoying adding these streets to my commute instead of Arizona. I open the moonroof and enjoy the tree cover. It’s a very nice drive. Not sure if it saved any time but I wouldn’t even try to drive away from UT/CBR again thanks to this thread

I don’t have a dog in this fight - but you sound pathetic. And to report in on your pathetic response to this thread is just sad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We should really look into privatizing DC 295 and tolling it.

295 should be either demolished or tunnelized. Like many urban highways constructed across the US aim the 50s, it was an economic wrecking ball for black neighborhoods. There is no single thing that the city could to revitalize communities EOTR than to get rid of that road and restore access to the waterfront.

L-O-L

Generations of poverty, violence, and illness created by big dumb infrastructure projects may be a joke to you, but I assure you that it’s not to those who have experienced it.

Good article on what this road has done to those who have the misfortune to live on the wrong side of it: https://ggwash.org/view/81903/both-route-295-and-railroads-divide-neighborhoods-in-northeast-dc

The fact that you provide a link to a GGW article is perfect.

295 blocking access to Bolling AFB and Anacostia Park is not creating poverty. You’re an idiot.

Poverty is not a joke to me but you certainly are.

Did you just arrive from Mars or something? That highways - like 295 - decimated black inner city communities is foundational American history. I’d recommend this for starters: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/role-of-highways-in-american-poverty/474282/. 295 is certainly not the sole cause of the problems EOTR, but there is no doubt that those neighborhoods would be significantly improved were the highway to be covered or dismantled entirely. One of the few positives of the Big Dig was what it did for downtown Boston (https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/12/29/years-later-did-big-dig-deliver/tSb8PIMS4QJUETsMpA7SpI/story.html).

You notably used the word “like” and then post links to stories not about DC or the SW freeway. You know nothing about DC, the impact of the SW freeway on “Black communities” and clearly don’t know what the word “decimated” means.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We should really look into privatizing DC 295 and tolling it.

295 should be either demolished or tunnelized. Like many urban highways constructed across the US aim the 50s, it was an economic wrecking ball for black neighborhoods. There is no single thing that the city could to revitalize communities EOTR than to get rid of that road and restore access to the waterfront.

L-O-L

Generations of poverty, violence, and illness created by big dumb infrastructure projects may be a joke to you, but I assure you that it’s not to those who have experienced it.

Good article on what this road has done to those who have the misfortune to live on the wrong side of it: https://ggwash.org/view/81903/both-route-295-and-railroads-divide-neighborhoods-in-northeast-dc

The fact that you provide a link to a GGW article is perfect.

295 blocking access to Bolling AFB and Anacostia Park is not creating poverty. You’re an idiot.

Poverty is not a joke to me but you certainly are.

Did you just arrive from Mars or something? That highways - like 295 - decimated black inner city communities is foundational American history. I’d recommend this for starters: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/role-of-highways-in-american-poverty/474282/. 295 is certainly not the sole cause of the problems EOTR, but there is no doubt that those neighborhoods would be significantly improved were the highway to be covered or dismantled entirely. One of the few positives of the Big Dig was what it did for downtown Boston (https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/12/29/years-later-did-big-dig-deliver/tSb8PIMS4QJUETsMpA7SpI/story.html).

You notably used the word “like” and then post links to stories not about DC or the SW freeway. You know nothing about DC, the impact of the SW freeway on “Black communities” and clearly don’t know what the word “decimated” means.

What are you on about about now? There was a GGW article about 295 posted a couple of pages back. Here is another about 295 just to humor youy: https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/unfinished-business-east-of-the-river/. If you really care enough to learn more, there is a lot more material out there. I think "decimated" fairly well describes what happens to neighborhoods that are destroyed (as much of Anacostia was) to build highways, but you are welcome to use alternate verbs if desired.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We should really look into privatizing DC 295 and tolling it.

295 should be either demolished or tunnelized. Like many urban highways constructed across the US aim the 50s, it was an economic wrecking ball for black neighborhoods. There is no single thing that the city could to revitalize communities EOTR than to get rid of that road and restore access to the waterfront.

L-O-L

Generations of poverty, violence, and illness created by big dumb infrastructure projects may be a joke to you, but I assure you that it’s not to those who have experienced it.

Good article on what this road has done to those who have the misfortune to live on the wrong side of it: https://ggwash.org/view/81903/both-route-295-and-railroads-divide-neighborhoods-in-northeast-dc

The fact that you provide a link to a GGW article is perfect.

295 blocking access to Bolling AFB and Anacostia Park is not creating poverty. You’re an idiot.

Poverty is not a joke to me but you certainly are.

Did you just arrive from Mars or something? That highways - like 295 - decimated black inner city communities is foundational American history. I’d recommend this for starters: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/role-of-highways-in-american-poverty/474282/. 295 is certainly not the sole cause of the problems EOTR, but there is no doubt that those neighborhoods would be significantly improved were the highway to be covered or dismantled entirely. One of the few positives of the Big Dig was what it did for downtown Boston (https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/12/29/years-later-did-big-dig-deliver/tSb8PIMS4QJUETsMpA7SpI/story.html).

The reason that upper NW inside the beltway is so nice is they fought off the originally planned interstates in the area. Pretty much every nice neighborhood today does not have a highway running through it. I don't get why some people fail to see any link here.

There was a plan - which would have been built had it not been for a few GU students sabotaging the construction equipment - to build a massive highway across the Potomac and through the Foxhall and Georgetown neighborhoods over to U Street. Does anyone seriously think the multi-million dollar houses in the Palisades would be there today if that highway had been built?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve been enjoying adding these streets to my commute instead of Arizona. I open the moonroof and enjoy the tree cover. It’s a very nice drive. Not sure if it saved any time but I wouldn’t even try to drive away from UT/CBR again thanks to this thread

I don’t have a dog in this fight - but you sound pathetic. And to report in on your pathetic response to this thread is just sad.

These two streets are under a terrible flight path, and contend with the sewage run off and overbuilding which they pretend isn’t happening. That’s truly pathetic.

Yes, I’m adding these two streets to my commute. Based on this thread. And I’m not the only one. Enjoy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been enjoying adding these streets to my commute instead of Arizona. I open the moonroof and enjoy the tree cover. It’s a very nice drive. Not sure if it saved any time but I wouldn’t even try to drive away from UT/CBR again thanks to this thread

I don’t have a dog in this fight - but you sound pathetic. And to report in on your pathetic response to this thread is just sad.

These two streets are under a terrible flight path, and contend with the sewage run off and overbuilding which they pretend isn’t happening. That’s truly pathetic.

Yes, I’m adding these two streets to my commute. Based on this thread. And I’m not the only one. Enjoy.

You seem like a miserable human being.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been enjoying adding these streets to my commute instead of Arizona. I open the moonroof and enjoy the tree cover. It’s a very nice drive. Not sure if it saved any time but I wouldn’t even try to drive away from UT/CBR again thanks to this thread

I don’t have a dog in this fight - but you sound pathetic. And to report in on your pathetic response to this thread is just sad.

These two streets are under a terrible flight path, and contend with the sewage run off and overbuilding which they pretend isn’t happening. That’s truly pathetic.

Yes, I’m adding these two streets to my commute. Based on this thread. And I’m not the only one. Enjoy.

You seem like a miserable human being.

Not really. Quite a happy one. Enjoying the drive.

Miserable biddies like you are why you will now have a big problem.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We should really look into privatizing DC 295 and tolling it.

295 should be either demolished or tunnelized. Like many urban highways constructed across the US aim the 50s, it was an economic wrecking ball for black neighborhoods. There is no single thing that the city could to revitalize communities EOTR than to get rid of that road and restore access to the waterfront.

L-O-L

Generations of poverty, violence, and illness created by big dumb infrastructure projects may be a joke to you, but I assure you that it’s not to those who have experienced it.

Good article on what this road has done to those who have the misfortune to live on the wrong side of it: https://ggwash.org/view/81903/both-route-295-and-railroads-divide-neighborhoods-in-northeast-dc

The fact that you provide a link to a GGW article is perfect.

295 blocking access to Bolling AFB and Anacostia Park is not creating poverty. You’re an idiot.

Poverty is not a joke to me but you certainly are.

Did you just arrive from Mars or something? That highways - like 295 - decimated black inner city communities is foundational American history. I’d recommend this for starters: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/role-of-highways-in-american-poverty/474282/. 295 is certainly not the sole cause of the problems EOTR, but there is no doubt that those neighborhoods would be significantly improved were the highway to be covered or dismantled entirely. One of the few positives of the Big Dig was what it did for downtown Boston (https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/12/29/years-later-did-big-dig-deliver/tSb8PIMS4QJUETsMpA7SpI/story.html).

The reason that upper NW inside the beltway is so nice is they fought off the originally planned interstates in the area. Pretty much every nice neighborhood today does not have a highway running through it. I don't get why some people fail to see any link here.

There was a plan - which would have been built had it not been for a few GU students sabotaging the construction equipment - to build a massive highway across the Potomac and through the Foxhall and Georgetown neighborhoods over to U Street. Does anyone seriously think the multi-million dollar houses in the Palisades would be there today if that highway had been built?

I’d say yes. Palisades attracts a special kind of person happy to live in the worst possible conditions. Flight path? Sure. No grocery store? Sure. Poor internet, sewage, water supply? No problem. Horrible traffic jam? It’s ok.

What’s a highway in comparison

[Anonymous]

The crazy thing is they could have just kept quiet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been enjoying adding these streets to my commute instead of Arizona. I open the moonroof and enjoy the tree cover. It’s a very nice drive. Not sure if it saved any time but I wouldn’t even try to drive away from UT/CBR again thanks to this thread

I don’t have a dog in this fight - but you sound pathetic. And to report in on your pathetic response to this thread is just sad.

These two streets are under a terrible flight path, and contend with the sewage run off and overbuilding which they pretend isn’t happening. That’s truly pathetic.

Yes, I’m adding these two streets to my commute. Based on this thread. And I’m not the only one. Enjoy.

You seem like a miserable human being.

Could have kept quiet 🤐 😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We should really look into privatizing DC 295 and tolling it.

295 should be either demolished or tunnelized. Like many urban highways constructed across the US aim the 50s, it was an economic wrecking ball for black neighborhoods. There is no single thing that the city could to revitalize communities EOTR than to get rid of that road and restore access to the waterfront.

L-O-L

Generations of poverty, violence, and illness created by big dumb infrastructure projects may be a joke to you, but I assure you that it’s not to those who have experienced it.

Good article on what this road has done to those who have the misfortune to live on the wrong side of it: https://ggwash.org/view/81903/both-route-295-and-railroads-divide-neighborhoods-in-northeast-dc

The fact that you provide a link to a GGW article is perfect.

295 blocking access to Bolling AFB and Anacostia Park is not creating poverty. You’re an idiot.

Poverty is not a joke to me but you certainly are.

Did you just arrive from Mars or something? That highways - like 295 - decimated black inner city communities is foundational American history. I’d recommend this for starters: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/role-of-highways-in-american-poverty/474282/. 295 is certainly not the sole cause of the problems EOTR, but there is no doubt that those neighborhoods would be significantly improved were the highway to be covered or dismantled entirely. One of the few positives of the Big Dig was what it did for downtown Boston (https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/12/29/years-later-did-big-dig-deliver/tSb8PIMS4QJUETsMpA7SpI/story.html).

The reason that upper NW inside the beltway is so nice is they fought off the originally planned interstates in the area. Pretty much every nice neighborhood today does not have a highway running through it. I don't get why some people fail to see any link here.

Well, take it a step further. Those neighborhoods were created as racial islands. That privilege and wealth brought with it the clout to "fight the highways." The good people of Cleveland Park partnered with the residents of Brookland to fight the congressional power that ultimately resulted in funding for the Metro system. But let's not ascribe the full altruism to the effort that is being cast, now, in hindsight.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We should really look into privatizing DC 295 and tolling it.

295 should be either demolished or tunnelized. Like many urban highways constructed across the US aim the 50s, it was an economic wrecking ball for black neighborhoods. There is no single thing that the city could to revitalize communities EOTR than to get rid of that road and restore access to the waterfront.

L-O-L

Generations of poverty, violence, and illness created by big dumb infrastructure projects may be a joke to you, but I assure you that it’s not to those who have experienced it.

Good article on what this road has done to those who have the misfortune to live on the wrong side of it: https://ggwash.org/view/81903/both-route-295-and-railroads-divide-neighborhoods-in-northeast-dc

The fact that you provide a link to a GGW article is perfect.

295 blocking access to Bolling AFB and Anacostia Park is not creating poverty. You’re an idiot.

Poverty is not a joke to me but you certainly are.

Did you just arrive from Mars or something? That highways - like 295 - decimated black inner city communities is foundational American history. I’d recommend this for starters: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/role-of-highways-in-american-poverty/474282/. 295 is certainly not the sole cause of the problems EOTR, but there is no doubt that those neighborhoods would be significantly improved were the highway to be covered or dismantled entirely. One of the few positives of the Big Dig was what it did for downtown Boston (https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/12/29/years-later-did-big-dig-deliver/tSb8PIMS4QJUETsMpA7SpI/story.html).

The reason that upper NW inside the beltway is so nice is they fought off the originally planned interstates in the area. Pretty much every nice neighborhood today does not have a highway running through it. I don't get why some people fail to see any link here.

There was a plan - which would have been built had it not been for a few GU students sabotaging the construction equipment - to build a massive highway across the Potomac and through the Foxhall and Georgetown neighborhoods over to U Street. Does anyone seriously think the multi-million dollar houses in the Palisades would be there today if that highway had been built?

It was Peter Craig and Roberts Owen who fought the legal battles that stopped the highways. The GU students provided visible cover to garner support.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We should really look into privatizing DC 295 and tolling it.

295 should be either demolished or tunnelized. Like many urban highways constructed across the US aim the 50s, it was an economic wrecking ball for black neighborhoods. There is no single thing that the city could to revitalize communities EOTR than to get rid of that road and restore access to the waterfront.

L-O-L

Generations of poverty, violence, and illness created by big dumb infrastructure projects may be a joke to you, but I assure you that it’s not to those who have experienced it.

Good article on what this road has done to those who have the misfortune to live on the wrong side of it: https://ggwash.org/view/81903/both-route-295-and-railroads-divide-neighborhoods-in-northeast-dc

The fact that you provide a link to a GGW article is perfect.

295 blocking access to Bolling AFB and Anacostia Park is not creating poverty. You’re an idiot.

Poverty is not a joke to me but you certainly are.

Did you just arrive from Mars or something? That highways - like 295 - decimated black inner city communities is foundational American history. I’d recommend this for starters: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/role-of-highways-in-american-poverty/474282/. 295 is certainly not the sole cause of the problems EOTR, but there is no doubt that those neighborhoods would be significantly improved were the highway to be covered or dismantled entirely. One of the few positives of the Big Dig was what it did for downtown Boston (https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/12/29/years-later-did-big-dig-deliver/tSb8PIMS4QJUETsMpA7SpI/story.html).

The reason that upper NW inside the beltway is so nice is they fought off the originally planned interstates in the area. Pretty much every nice neighborhood today does not have a highway running through it. I don't get why some people fail to see any link here.

There was a plan - which would have been built had it not been for a few GU students sabotaging the construction equipment - to build a massive highway across the Potomac and through the Foxhall and Georgetown neighborhoods over to U Street. Does anyone seriously think the multi-million dollar houses in the Palisades would be there today if that highway had been built?

I’d say yes. Palisades attracts a special kind of person happy to live in the worst possible conditions. Flight path? Sure. No grocery store? Sure. Poor internet, sewage, water supply? No problem. Horrible traffic jam? It’s ok.

What’s a highway in comparison

Did someone from Palisades steal your girlfriend?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We should really look into privatizing DC 295 and tolling it.

295 should be either demolished or tunnelized. Like many urban highways constructed across the US aim the 50s, it was an economic wrecking ball for black neighborhoods. There is no single thing that the city could to revitalize communities EOTR than to get rid of that road and restore access to the waterfront.

L-O-L

Generations of poverty, violence, and illness created by big dumb infrastructure projects may be a joke to you, but I assure you that it’s not to those who have experienced it.

Good article on what this road has done to those who have the misfortune to live on the wrong side of it: https://ggwash.org/view/81903/both-route-295-and-railroads-divide-neighborhoods-in-northeast-dc

The fact that you provide a link to a GGW article is perfect.

295 blocking access to Bolling AFB and Anacostia Park is not creating poverty. You’re an idiot.

Poverty is not a joke to me but you certainly are.

Did you just arrive from Mars or something? That highways - like 295 - decimated black inner city communities is foundational American history. I’d recommend this for starters: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/role-of-highways-in-american-poverty/474282/. 295 is certainly not the sole cause of the problems EOTR, but there is no doubt that those neighborhoods would be significantly improved were the highway to be covered or dismantled entirely. One of the few positives of the Big Dig was what it did for downtown Boston (https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/12/29/years-later-did-big-dig-deliver/tSb8PIMS4QJUETsMpA7SpI/story.html).

The reason that upper NW inside the beltway is so nice is they fought off the originally planned interstates in the area. Pretty much every nice neighborhood today does not have a highway running through it. I don't get why some people fail to see any link here.

There was a plan - which would have been built had it not been for a few GU students sabotaging the construction equipment - to build a massive highway across the Potomac and through the Foxhall and Georgetown neighborhoods over to U Street. Does anyone seriously think the multi-million dollar houses in the Palisades would be there today if that highway had been built?

I’d say yes. Palisades attracts a special kind of person happy to live in the worst possible conditions. Flight path? Sure. No grocery store? Sure. Poor internet, sewage, water supply? No problem. Horrible traffic jam? It’s ok.

What’s a highway in comparison

Did someone from Palisades steal your girlfriend?

You are so boring. You post the same tripe across all the boards.