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Call to Action: Car Brains Try to Remove San Mateo Committee Member for Opposing Widenings
Mike Swire fought highway widening, so asphalt-addicted bullies want him kicked off the San Mateo Transportation Authority Community Advisory Committee.
July 10, 2025
Whittier Councilmember Fernando Dutra Is New Metro Board Chair
Board Chair Dutra: "[Metro is] not just a train and a bus company. We also manage projects on the freeways... Our projects along the 5, the 605, 91, and 105 Freeway are very very important... I'll be focusing on making sure we keep our freeways moving freely."
July 9, 2025
Caltrans Continues Outreach on “Vision 980” for Oakland
Is there still some hope for reconnecting West Oakland with downtown by removing the huge barrier of I-980?
June 26, 2025
Caltrans and Riverside County Project Would Expand the 15 Freeway
The I-15 Express Lanes Project Southern Extension (ELPSE) would convert 15 miles of the existing 6-lane freeway to 10 and 11 lanes
May 19, 2025
Legislation Moves in Assembly to Loosen Environmental Regulations on Proposed Widening of SR 37
In 2023, the state passed a law to make it easier to build water and clean energy projects. Now some Assemblymembers want it to apply to a highway widening through environmentally sensitive marsh land.
April 29, 2025
Metro and Caltrans Break Ground on 105 Freeway Expansion
105 Freeway expansion is touted as "leaving a lasting legacy for Angelenos for decades to come" but it might not be the legacy that Metro and Caltrans think it is
April 25, 2025
To Oakland’s Incoming District 2 Councilperson Charlene Wang: Help Stop this Freeway Widening
Oakland and the rest of the Bay Area can't move towards safer streets until they stop moving backwards
April 24, 2025
Freeway Updates: 91 Widening, Repave 405, and 105 Safety Fixes
A Metro/Caltrans 91 Freeway expansion project is on hold. Caltrans 105/Studebaker safety enhancements are complete. Caltrans is planning $144M worth of repaving and upgrading for the 405 through the Sepulveda Pass.
April 22, 2025
City of San Mateo Says ‘No More Freeway Widening’
Finally, a city council that gets the utter futility of widening to solve traffic.
April 8, 2025
Metro/Caltrans L.A. County Freeway Widening Accounted for Over 96 Percent of Recent Home Demolitions Statewide
Southern California has borne the brunt of harmful freeway widening, with L.A. County projects - where Caltrans partnered with Metro - resulting in mass demolition of homes and businesses
March 7, 2025
