Governor Riley Endorses Elevated Highway

http://www.tollroadsnews.com/node/1263

San Francisco Boulevard of Dreams: Hayes Valley Freed of Freeway

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/08/BAGBFEJVE21.DTL

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SAN FRANCISCO Boulevard of dreams, the premiere Hayes Valley freed of freeway--
Thursday, September 8, 2005

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/08/BAGBFEJVE21.DTL

(San Francisco Mayor Art) Agnos has no regrets over his battles and points to the renaissance along the Embarcadero -- now free of a foreboding elevated freeway -- as a shining example.

"We obviously are the model for the rest of the country in terms of what a city really can do to take advantage of the enormous benefit of demolishing a series of freeways that cut across the city, leaving scars," he said. "The social benefits and economic benefits are tremendous.