The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/11/24/proposal-to-bring-semi-trucks-back-to-oaklands-i-580-rigs-controversy-across-east-bay/Semi trucks have not been allowed on Oakland’s I-580 in 74 years, as big rigs have had to take I-880 instead. Caltrans is considering undoing that policy, and everyone who lives anywhere near either interstate has an opinion about it. For the last 74 years, semi trucks have not been allowed on a roughly ten-mile stretch of Oakland’s Interstate 580 (or technically, vehicles of more than 4.5 tons cannot drive on I-580 between Oakland’s Grand Avenue near Lake Merritt and San Leandro, with exceptions for buses and shuttles). It was a move designed to alleviate air pollution, congestion, and noise, and big rigs have the parallel, alternate pa

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