@colburn @liamlonsdale @joemo @RapidResponseTeam @BikeEastBay @diygene

You can see the previous condition of #JoaquinMiller road in this 1947 aerial map. It used to be a winding hill road. It was straightened and widened in this 'parkway treatment,' and now cars go too fast up and down it.

https://davidrumsey.oldmapsonline.org/maps/2768ac0a-0a7a-5113-9f09-4129f6d4e99a/view#869346246453

Irony; #KeySystem commissioned these photographs. Public light rail transit was about to be erased by the car industry.

#Oakland #History #cars #roads #bicycles #traffic #calming