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Metro Pushing to Get Freeway Interchange Expansion Underway ASAP
Metro and Caltrans are spending a half-billion dollars to widen the congested 57/60 Freeways interchange
April 11, 2022
Proposed L.A. Metro FY22-23 Budget: More Freeway Widening, Less Transit Construction
While the Metro FY22-23 budget figures are still in flux, the latest proposal shows a 30 percent increase in freeway expansion and a 9 percent decrease in transit expansion
March 18, 2022
Solis Motion Would Re-Re-Affirm that Metro North 710 Money Really Does Go to Multi-Modal Projects
Hilda Solis motion reiterates that, for the N. 710 MIP (Mobility Improvement Projects), "new mobility improvement[s] are eligible as both standalone projects and as components of larger projects," specifically including "bus priority infrastructure... bikeway projects... Sidewalk improvements, [and] Pedestrian safety improvements."
February 23, 2022
Call to Action: Comment on Ashby/I-80 Widening
Time is running out to comment on the environmental review of Alameda County and Caltran's Ashby/I-80 Interchange widening project.
January 14, 2022
Freeway News Round-Up: 710 Widening and Aesthetics, 71 and 5 Widening Snags, and Bakersfield’s Centennial Corridor
Metro's 710 widening task force met, the 710 aesthetic plan is ridiculous, 71 and 5 Freeway widening hitting snags, and mass home demolition for a Bakersfield freeway
January 11, 2022
Assemblymember Cristina Garcia Planning Legislation to Stop Freeway Expansion in Underserved Communities
Garcia's bill would prohibit the state from funding or permitting highway projects in areas with high rates of pollution and poverty and where residents have suffered negative health effects from living near freeways.
December 13, 2021
LA Metro’s Latest 710 Freeway Messaging Sounds All Too Familiar
Stay tuned - probably for another decade - to find out if Metro's latest community messaging is sincere, or just another iteration of the past couple decades of lip service to a community-driven process.
December 10, 2021
Op-Ed: For Downtown SF Rail Extension To Make Sense, 280 Has To Go
Removing the last mile of I-280 is not just a smart move to make this project more affordable, it’s a step towards rectifying the mistakes of the past and building a city that is livable for all of its residents.
December 10, 2021
Can’t California Find a Better Way to Get to Vegas?
A 20-mile backup into Nevada most weekends translates to: California needs to widen that highway. That's a habit we need to break.
December 7, 2021
Metro Leaders Make False Claims at North County 5 Freeway Widening Groundbreaking
Does anyone really believe that this freeway expansion will really clean the air? Advance equity? Is suburban highway widening any kind of equity model for other projects in the region and the state?
December 2, 2021
