Editing Interstate 980 (section)

==Future==
The ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' reported in November 2015 about a grassroots organization of local architects and planners, supported by Oakland mayor [[Libby Schaaf]], that propose to replace I-980 with a landscaped city boulevard.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-moving-in-right-direction-with-idea-to-6633056.php | title=Oakland moving in right direction with idea to replace I-980 | newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle | first=John | last=King | date=November 14, 2015 | access-date=November 16, 2015}}</ref> ConnectOakland is coordinating the push for a replacement. In January 2017, I-980 was included in [[United States Congress|Congress]] for the New Urbanism "Freeways without Futures" report.<ref name="mercurynews2017">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/30/report-oaklands-i-980-on-national-top-ten-list-for-teardown/|title=Report: Oakland's I-980 on national 'top ten' list for teardown|date=January 30, 2017 |access-date=2017-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnu.org/highways-boulevards/freeways-without-futures/2017#980|title=Freeways Without Futures 2017|date=2017-01-26|newspaper=CNU|language=en|access-date=2017-02-04}}</ref>

[[Caltrans]] and the city of Oakland received a $680,000 Reconnecting Communities planning grant, funded by the 2021 [[Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act]], to study rebuilding or removing I-980.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oakland, Caltrans receives funds to study removing Interstate 980 in downtown |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/interstate-980-oakland-caltrans-receives-federal-funds-study-freeway-removal/ |date=24 February 2023 |agency=Bay City News Service}}</ref> BART may use the corridor as an approach for a second [[Transbay Tube]].<ref name="could">{{cite news |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/11/a-freeway-separates-west-oakland-from-downtown-bidens-infrastructure-bill-could-help-get-rid-of-it/ |date=11 May 2021 |title=A freeway separates West Oakland from downtown. Biden's infrastructure bill could help get rid of it. |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |author=Nicp Savidge }}</ref>

Arguments for replacement focus on the freeway's low volume of traffic and negative impact on surrounding neighborhoods. Concerns are however raised on whether the existing surface streets can handle the relocated traffic, and whether it may actually increase [[gentrification]] in the area.<ref name="mercurynews2017"/><ref name="could"/>