Why So Trashy? Your Highway Questions Answered

Bay Curious

KQED

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we answer your questions about Bay Area highways. Herb Masters has noticed what looks like a ghost freeway where 280 and 380 intersect on the Penninsula. He wants to know what's going on there. And Daniel Huertas has noticed more garbage on Bay Area roads recently. He's wondering, why? Additional Reading: Is That a Ghost Freeway on the Peninsula? And Are Our Highways Filthier Than Ever? Why Aren't Any Billboards on 280? Sign up for our newsletter where we answer even more of our questions. Reported by Dan Brekke. Bay Curious is made by Katrina Schwartz, Suzie Racho and Katie McMurran. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Carly Severn, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Don Clyde. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	from K-QED.
0:03.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Bay Curious.
0:05.0	I'm Katrina Schwartz.
0:07.0	Today our show is all about Bay Area Roadways.
0:14.0	I consider myself an infrastructure junkie.
0:16.5	Bay curious listener Herb Masters has noticed some quirks to the road he drives most often,
0:21.5	280, which runs between San Jose and San Francisco on the west
0:25.8	side of the bay.
0:27.2	Having driven up and down 280, literally, since it was built, I've always seen where it was clearly designed for 380 to continue west, but it never went anywhere.
0:38.6	He wants to know what's up with that.
0:41.2	Today on the show we're getting down and dirty with our roads,
0:45.2	and specifically why some of them appear to go nowhere,
0:48.7	while others look a little trashy.
0:51.8	You're listening to Bay Curious.
0:59.4	Support for Bay Curious is brought to you by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, still family owned, operated, and argued
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1:13.0	Visit Sierra Nevada.com to find your new favorite beer today.
1:18.9	Today we're answering your burning highway questions,
1:22.2	both of these one Bay Curious Voting Rounds.
1:25.2	Here to help us do that is a guy who knows way more about how to get around the Bay Area than
1:29.2	I ever will. KQED's Transportation and Infrastructure Editor, Dan Brecky.
1:34.3	Hi Dan.
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