Stockton’s Crosstown Freeway, Urban Renewal, and Asian Americans: Systemic Causes and Impacts

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• Creators:
  Ong, Paul M. ; Pech, Chhandara ; Do, Christopher-Hung ; Yoon, Anne ; Wasserman, Jacob L.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of California, Los Angeles. Institute of Transportation Studies
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Freeways
  • History
  • Road construction
  • Urban renewal
  • Transportation disadvantaged persons
  • Asians Underserved communities
  • Structural racism
  • Asian Americans
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UC-ITS-2022-18
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.7922/g21n7zgp
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;California
• Edition:
  Final Report (October 2021 – October 2023)
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of California, Los Angeles. Institute of Transportation Studies
• Abstract:
  This project uses mixed methods to examine the systemic causes and consequences of the construction of Stockton, California’s Crosstown Freeway and of urban redevelopment for Asian Americans communities. Stockton underwent spatial restructuring in the decades after the Second World War, and state and local government contributed and responded to these changes by implementing connected freeway and urban renewal programs. Historical and contemporaneous xenophobia and racism placed Chinatown, Japantown, and Little Manila in their path, with these enclaves deemed blighted and subject to “slum clearance.” The choice of freeway route was racially biased.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  UC-ITS-2022-18
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/72458/dot_72458_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 13.36 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8179c794689b436ff0c195e72fab55444a644704d26b2ada5f8b014a99f5d3daefe8aa9d950860ed28576d4cf8e27333cac68368ba463e27f40eb3979c33fb59