Comments on: BART vs Freeway Retro-Futurism

By: 1960: Road By (In & Over) The Bay « Burrito Justice

1960: Road By (In & Over) The Bay « Burrito Justice — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:33:06 +0000

[...] around the Bay, to SFO via Brisbane, and over the southern [...]

By: BART plans from 1957 | Bike Man Dan

BART plans from 1957 | Bike Man Dan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:53:53 +0000

[...] Found via: Burrito Justice [...]

By: 1962: SAVE the BAY AREA from CHOKING to DEATH (with BART)! « Spots Unknown San Francisco

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:59:51 +0000

[...] johnny0 over at Burrito Justice put it, "I’m constantly amazed that BART got built at all given the 50s freeway [...]

By: johnny0

johnny0 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:29:01 +0000

I'm constantly amazed that BART got built at all given the 50s freeway push. And I didn't realize so much freeway planning was done after the first round of the revolts in 1959. But it does make sense that Caltrans saw the resistance and tried a perverse bait and switch in order to get their favorites through. Turns out Jeff Diehl's most excellent Spots Unknown hit the BART map Friday.

By: Eric Fischer

Eric Fischer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:22:26 +0000

There is a school of thought that believes that Caltrans intentionally made the Crosstown Tunnel look horrifying so that the Panhandle Freeway and Golden Gate Freeway would look appealing in comparison, and I am tempted to believe it.

The caption for the rendering of the interchange: “The architectural consultant feels that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to develop any sense of amenity or aesthetic values in this extensive and complex interchange. The many slivers of steeply sloping land will intersect each other making it impossible to develop the unified park-like quality possible at the Central Freeway interchange. He feels its proximity to the center of San Francisco government will isolate the Civic Center both visually and physically from large areas of the city.”

By: meave

meave — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:02:38 +0000

OMG they intended BART to go as far east as FAIRFIELD?! What a dream that would’ve been for poor high school me, relegated always to Berkeley because driving “all the way into the city” was so terribly difficult.

Oh how good it might’ve been.