Moses deliberately designed the parkways to keep city buses from bringing “city people” into the parks and beaches in the suburbs of Long Island, Westchester and points north.
Yes I was agreeing and adding clarity for those unfamiliar with the history of his work.
I did not want to conflate his community destruction programs (Cross Bronx Expressway and other expressways ) with his isolation initiatives (Parkway system).
Both were deliberately hostile and destructive to the same demographic.
But not everyone knows this.
This is a road that *explicitly* does not allow commerical vehicles so its definitely his fault.
Looks like the Merritt Pkwy.
Bronx River pkwy I think. Outside NYC.
Ah, same network - knew it was one from NY metro! (Merritt becomes Hutchinson in NY)
Yeah the parkways are awful in general, really tight lanes and intentionally low bridges to keep trucks out, worked this time lol
Signs galore and yet they always end up there! I recall a bus being decapitated on Southern State a few years back.
What this part of that fucker Robert Moses' racist, community destroying master plan?
Moses deliberately designed the parkways to keep city buses from bringing “city people” into the parks and beaches in the suburbs of Long Island, Westchester and points north.
Hence my question and epithet.
Yes I was agreeing and adding clarity for those unfamiliar with the history of his work. I did not want to conflate his community destruction programs (Cross Bronx Expressway and other expressways ) with his isolation initiatives (Parkway system). Both were deliberately hostile and destructive to the same demographic. But not everyone knows this.
Yes
That motherfucker.
Who else would you think lmao. Why build roads through communities and allow them to be used by all drivers? /s
Cue up the Anakin meme. "Not just the mothers, but the fathers and children too."