The latest missive from Mary Sanchez blames cars and road and dead white dudes for all of the problems of the urban core . . . It's a questionable premise that might make the ride on the bus a bit easier to manage . . . Check-it . .
As a result, interstates slice and encircle the metropolitan area, U.S. 71 Highway runs along the east side of town, and many other connecting arterial roadways snake through the community.
The routes facilitate commerce, allow access to jobs and recreation, and provide many other benefits to the greater Kansas City region.
Less recognized are the disproportionate negative impacts.
“It’s astonishing that whole swaths of vibrant Black and Latino neighborhoods were simply wiped out,” Mayor Quinton Lucas said.
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
script async src="//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js" charset="UTF-8">Kansas City Bears Racial Scars of Interstate System
Bruce R. Watkins Drive on the city's Eastside and Interstate 35 on the Westside are two examples of highways that harmed minority communities.
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