I wanna talk a sec about public transit and Elon Musk in a serious sort of way not sarcastically.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
Back in the early 20th Century, Robert Moses became *the* titan of urban planning. He was responsible for much of NYC's still extant infra.
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A number of things were happening. Cars were becoming cheaper and more accessible. NYC was growing, leading to development in Long Island.
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Moses was pro-automobile and anti-public transit. When he built bridges, he refused to add rail support, though he could have.
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He refused, for instance, to build subway connectors along the Verrazano to Staten Island.http://ny.curbed.com/2014/5/22/10096344/the-planned-subway-lines-that-never-got-built-151-and-why …
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These things seemed obvious, even at the time. His motivation for not building them was more sinister: poor people used public transit.
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In Long Island, he built low-clearance bridges over the Parkways leading to Jones Beach State Park, almost 200 in total.
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This effectively denied bus access to the destination, blocking out Black folks from Harlem.
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I went to Robert Moses Middle School and they didn't tell us ANY OF THIS UGH. I just liked that his last name more or less = my first name.
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Replying to @moshesiegel @EmilyGorcenski
Frustrating only because of how at odds two main legacies are
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I mean, this is how white supremacy rolls
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