 Plans originating in the 1950s and 1960s for a considerably more extensive freeway system including elevated freeways were largely abandoned in favour of a growing trend to reduce the emphasis on roads and increase the amount of public transportation infrastructure in North American cities.Sidewalks at intersections in areas outside the downtown core are often stamped with the name of the cross-street, especially in older districts.As this was once done by hand by municipal employees who were not always literate, some street names are misspelled or the letters reversed.