Up and Down Aurora Avenue

It began as a military wagon trail, later the Pacific Highway then U.S. Highway 99—a river of smooth, tire-friendly concrete designed for a bright new era when the automobile would take us everywhere.

Today, more than 32,000 cars and 10,000 bus passengers course through the lanes we know as Aurora Avenue North. Pedestrians pick their way through blocks with no sidewalks, often so close to passing traffic they feel its whoosh on their skin. Sex workers stand on the side of the road morning and night, visible to commuters, yet often unseen in terms of their human rights. Technically Aurora Avenue is a slice of modern-day State Route 99,

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