tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927108.post8807109885119134371..comments2023-10-26T05:43:36.317-07:00Comments on Carfree USA Blog: Gas Truck Melts a Freeway in OaklandUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927108.post-6792883292591528072007-05-02T10:04:00.000-07:002007-05-02T10:04:00.000-07:00As a reporter, I once had the surreal experience o...As a reporter, I once had the surreal experience of hiking down the center of a vast, blocked-off freeway for a mile or so. <BR/><BR/>It was quiet, so amazingly quiet, except for the distant chatter of birds. <BR/><BR/>The only evidence of any recent life in the area, other than those distant sounds, were the crushed carcasses of various animals along the edge of the roadway.<BR/><BR/>Thirty years ago, this death zone had been a productive, beautiful forest, teeming with life. Now it was a concrete crypt -- and at the moment, appropriately silent.Eastcoastdwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18140530743668908554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927108.post-74597584692799288892007-04-30T18:28:00.000-07:002007-04-30T18:28:00.000-07:00I couldn't agree more. San Francisco seems blessed...I couldn't agree more. San Francisco seems blessedly quiet today. We should instigate some "car free" days in the city - like the last Friday of the month!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927108.post-85111946953535631752007-04-30T16:44:00.000-07:002007-04-30T16:44:00.000-07:00It's 4:30, day two. The f'ing helicopters are back...It's 4:30, day two. The f'ing helicopters are back.<BR/><BR/>Oy vey!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com