Drivers traveling through the East Oakland intersection of Seminary Avenue and Foothill Boulevard bumped up and down, rolling over a series of steel plates installed in the street. The steady clunk-clunk was music to Josh Rowan’s ears.
“One of the things we know is that everybody hates steel plates,” said Rowan, who leads the Oakland Department of Transportation, as he proudly showed off the month-old fixture.
Why was the official responsible for the city’s roads bragging about adding obstacles residents can’t stand? He thinks they may be a potent new weapon in a yearslong battle against a phenomenon many of his constituents despise even more than messed-up streets: sideshows.
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