Caltrans
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
New Report Quantifies Five Years of Caltrans Freeway Expansion, including Demolitions
Between 2018 and 2023, Caltrans tore down 623 homes and businesses, to make way for 553 new miles of highway lanes
Zbur Introduces Legislation Requiring Quick-Build Bike Lanes on State Highways
AB 891 is sponsored by the California Bicycle Coalition (CalBike) who note that the bill will allow projects to be moved on the ground faster and reduce planning and engineering costs.
Where Metro and Caltrans Are Widening L.A. Freeways, Sabotaging the Climate, Fanning the Flames
Climate disruption is here. Right now. It's past time that Southern California transportation heavyweights - Metro and Caltrans - stop making the situation worse
CA Envisions a Zero-Emission, Connected Rail Network by 2050
And this time the CA State Rail Plan's vision for an electrified, connected network doesn't dismiss catenary wire out of hand.
California Transportation Commission Relents, Adds Complete Streets Requirements to Funding Program Guidelines
The State Highway Operations and Protection Program (SHOPP), the state's largest highway funding program, makes some moves to include S.B. 960 requirements
Caltrans Breaks Ground on Vallejo ‘Diverging Diamond’ Deathtrap
Are engineers at the state transportation agency intentionally trying to kill cyclists, are they incompetent, or both?
How Caltrans Measures Induced Travel: Comments Open Through Friday
Two key documents that address the ways Caltrans measures and accounts for new travel induced by their projects are being finalized this week.
Eyes on the Street: 57/60 Freeway Confluence Construction in Progress
New off-ramps have begun to sprout out of the dirt, and widening surface streets are going through the growing pains of construction closures
Metro/Caltrans 105 Freeway ExpressLanes Project Would Expand Freeway, Add Pollution to Already Burdened Communities
Metro and Caltrans are planning to expand the current ten-lane 105 Freeway to twelve lanes, plus adding new auxiliary lanes, widening ramps, and widening streets.
