A horrid tragedy in Genoa.
We've all see photo's or videos of the ghastly and tragic bridge failure in Genoa, Italy.
We've probably given it more attention than we have devoted to the 500,000 Syrians who have been killed in the Syrian Civil War. After all Italians are US, Syrians are THEM.
I am as certain as I can be that I drove on this Genoan elevated highway back in (maybe) 1985 when I was in Italy with my good friend Joe R, and his friend John F. I certainly remember driving on an elevated Motorway which overlooked the port area, and some of the urban sprawl. The traffic was fast. I was as nervous as a live chicken in a supermarket parking lot. Joe, John and I beat it hastily from the City until we found a Tent Camping area in the nearby countryside.
BUT APART FROM THE TRAGIC DEATHS HERE IS WHAT "GETS" ME.
Please look at these photo's
Oh the indecency, the horror, the evil, the health consequences when cars and trucks are more important than standards of life for working class people. An overhead highway over the modest apartments of ordinary folks. What a disgrace.
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Note also how U.S. Interstate 91 has cut off the ordinary folks of Springfield, MA from the Connecticut River; how Interstate 290 has ripped the heart out of Worcester, MA; and how the U.K.'s extension of the M4 - known as the M32 bulldozed its way through the working class areas of Eastville and Easton.
Please resist urban super highways with all your might.
People matter more than cars, trucks, lorries, and fast traffic.
Oxygen matters more than petrol/gas and diesel fumes.
We've probably given it more attention than we have devoted to the 500,000 Syrians who have been killed in the Syrian Civil War. After all Italians are US, Syrians are THEM.
I am as certain as I can be that I drove on this Genoan elevated highway back in (maybe) 1985 when I was in Italy with my good friend Joe R, and his friend John F. I certainly remember driving on an elevated Motorway which overlooked the port area, and some of the urban sprawl. The traffic was fast. I was as nervous as a live chicken in a supermarket parking lot. Joe, John and I beat it hastily from the City until we found a Tent Camping area in the nearby countryside.
BUT APART FROM THE TRAGIC DEATHS HERE IS WHAT "GETS" ME.
Please look at these photo's
Oh the indecency, the horror, the evil, the health consequences when cars and trucks are more important than standards of life for working class people. An overhead highway over the modest apartments of ordinary folks. What a disgrace.
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Note also how U.S. Interstate 91 has cut off the ordinary folks of Springfield, MA from the Connecticut River; how Interstate 290 has ripped the heart out of Worcester, MA; and how the U.K.'s extension of the M4 - known as the M32 bulldozed its way through the working class areas of Eastville and Easton.
Please resist urban super highways with all your might.
People matter more than cars, trucks, lorries, and fast traffic.
Oxygen matters more than petrol/gas and diesel fumes.
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