After a Decades-Long Ban, San Jose's Lowriders Are Ready to Cruise Again

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lowriders-san-jose-no-cruising

by quercusa • 4 years ago

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masonic• 4 years ago

In 1986, the city implemented a ban on cruising to address gang violence, crime, and traffic-related accidents. But San Jose’s primarily Mexican American lowriding community has suffered the consequences of the ordinance, which many say facilitated discrimination.

This is a crock. The ordinance affected only stretches of San Carlos Street and Santa Clara street and was implemented because the resulting gridlock rendered downtown businesses utterly inaccessible (even discounting rampant crime). The entire rest of the city (and county) was open to them, even Stevens Creek Blvd.

It's going to be very interesting to see this conflict revitalize if the so-called Google Village west of Market St. ever happens. Right now, downtown is mostly a ghost town at night anyway.

After a Decades-Long Ban, San Jose's Lowriders Are Ready to Cruise Again

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