It’s Time to Tear Down Some Highways

One of the few things the Biden administration has managed to push through is a new infrastructure bill. In that bill, there are plans to get rid of some highways in select cities throughout the country. Often, traffic patterns have changed and the highways are no longer needed. It represents the beginning of the process to repair America’s cities and rejoin neighborhoods that were destroyed when building new highways was the craze back in the 1960s. In the recent past, the idea of tearing down highways would have seemed crazy. Times and cities have changed. Highways have become symbols of oppression and division of communities. In this video, we learn about why some highways are getting torn down and why this is an important part of repairing our country’s ailing infrastructure.