Historian to tell how LA got freeway nightmare

From the Huntington

Stuck in traffic? Wondering how this mess came to be? If that SigAlert lifts, might want to try to get to a free, public presentation at 7 tonight on "Concrete Utopia: Roads and Freeways in Los Angeles." Matthew Ross, the historian for AAA, will talk about the origins, engineering and "back story" politics that shaped the highways that Los Angeles residents can't live without but, increasingly, are learning to love less and less. No reservations are required for the program.

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