Aug 15, 2023
Federal transportation leaders are doling out billions of
dollars to reconnect communities torn apart by highways. How
exactly they should do it, though, is a matter of fierce debate —
and some advocates say that even the most radical solutions aren't
radical at all when seen through the lens of the radical harm that
racialized and low-income communities are still enduring.
On today's epsiode of "The Brake," we sit down with Alex Burns and
José Antonio Zayas Cabán of the nonprofit Our Street Minneapolis to
talk about
why they're fighting to turn two highways in their region
into boulevards, and why they don't accept "band-aid"
compromises like pedestrian bridges and cap-and-cover projects. And
along the way, they share some wisdom on how other advocates can
encourage their own communities to dream bigger.