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Metro Plans to Spend Nearly $900M Expanding Freeways Next Year, a 40 Percent Increase
Metro expects to spend $887.1 million on widening the 5, 57/60, 91, 105, and 405 Freeways, and planning for Metro widening of the 5, 14, 71, 605, and other freeways.
March 20, 2026
The Week in Short Videos
Sacramento tax measure, Long Beach bike boulevards, and gas taxes.
March 20, 2026
Commentary: How a T-Rex Costume and a Police Sting Underscores Bay Area’s Deadly Driver Problem
Stanley Robert's story is funny. And disturbing.
March 19, 2026
UCLA Study Shows How Ambiguous Definition of “Major Transit Stop” Creates Wiggle Room for Municipalities
This is a story of how well-intentioned efforts by the state to tie new development to transit hinge on how local governments (with their own incentives) interpret broad state law.
March 19, 2026
Talking Headways Podcast: Growing St. Louis’s Arts and Culture District
This week on Talking Headways, step inside St. Louis's Grand Center Arts District with the people who make it happen.
March 19, 2026
Metro Committee Again Sides with Nimbys, Postpones Key North K Line Rail Decision
The committee postponing approval empowers anti-rail nimbys opposed to Metro tunneling far deep beneath homes.
March 18, 2026
California Must Stop Expanding Highways
While transit, bike, and safety projects struggle for funding, the state keeps writing blank checks for freeway widening boondoggles. It's time to tell our lawmakers: enough!
March 18, 2026
