They’ve been protesting against wrecking the city with shitty highways since long before the 80s.<p>Here was the freeway plan from 1948. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.davidrumsey.com&#x2F;luna&#x2F;servlet&#x2F;detail&#x2F;RUMSEY~8~1~258970~5522255" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.davidrumsey.com&#x2F;luna&#x2F;servlet&#x2F;detail&#x2F;RUMSEY~8~1~25...</a><p>Thankfully SF residents blocked it, and the city was mostly saved, unlike many other US cities which had their urban centers completely destroyed in ~1940–1980 by freeways and parking lots.