Highway Widening
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America Has a Golden Opportunity to End the ‘Highway Boondoggle’ Crisis
America's wasteful highway spending has gotten out of control — and if President Trump really wants to promote efficient government, he'll urge Congress to stop it.
October 9, 2025
Enviro Groups Urge Gov to Reject Legislation Advancing Road Widening in Sonoma County Swamp
Given the strong support in the legislature, Caltrans, and the California Transportation Commission for the project it's unlikely the Governor will veto. But, that doesn't mean there aren't good reasons that he should.
September 18, 2025
Judge Blasts, Approves, I-80 Causeway Widening Between Davis and Sacramento
Caltrans wins. The environment loses.
August 19, 2025
California’s Enviro and Smart Growth Leaders to CTC – Don’t Use Congestion Relief Funds for Highway Expansion
Our concerns about these projects relate to their inconsistency with the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI), their likelihood to significantly increase driving, their environmental, climate, and displacement impacts, and their conflicts with California’s climate and equity goals...
June 4, 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
How to Debunk the ‘Need’ for Destructive Road Widenings
Transportation agencies have a thousand reasons why they need "just one more lane, bro." Here's how to spot their distortions and lies and call them out.
August 12, 2024
Shifting Gears: Towards a New Way of Thinking About Transportation
Dr. Susan Handy investigates the ideas that have shaped the nation's car-oriented transportation to help uncover what needs to change to get to a safer, more sustainable system
June 5, 2024
Wider Highways Don’t Solve Congestion. So Why Are We Still Knocking Down Homes for Them?
Highway expansion projects certainly qualify as projects for public use. But do they deliver a public benefit that justifies taking private property?
May 2, 2024
The Biggest Wins — And Disappointments — From the ‘Reconnecting Communities’ Grants
"Until we overhaul our transportation system to redirect the majority of funding into community-oriented infrastructure investments, we will keep failing to meet our equity, climate, and maintenance goals."
March 22, 2024
CTC: Caltrans Will Push for Funding for Flawed Yolo Causeway Project
Caltrans wants advance funding for a project that hasn't completed the environmental evaluation process, and about which there are serious questions.
March 19, 2024
