What surprises me is the vitriol with which people fight back at these efforts. I live in Oakland, and seeing people lose their minds about 980 has been quite i

What surprises me is the vitriol with which people fight back at these efforts. I live in Oakland, and seeing people lose their minds about 980 has been quite interesting. Whenever I take 980 it is mostly empty, and removing it would make downtown and west Oakland way more accessible from either side. Should residents of Walnut Creek driving to Alameda (who from what I can tell are the only people that regularly use 980) dictate Oakland's urban future? I would say not.