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United Caltrans Tenants and supporters holding a posada on Sheffield Ave. to draw attention to the empty homes issue, December 2018. Image : United Caltrans Tenants

United Caltrans Tenants Oppose State Legislation on Home Sales

By Damien Newton | May 14, 2021 | No Comments

"Unlike Caltrans, local governments have an interest in preventing evictions and making successful sales to tenants because these are their constituents," explains Timothy Ivison with UCT.

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Head of Caltrans Says Time to Pause Current 710 Freeway Expansion

By Joe Linton | May 13, 2021 | No Comments

Caltrans Director Toks Omishakin: "We're in a place right now where we want to put an absolute pause on this [710 Freeway] project in the format that it's currently in."

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California’s Plan to Align Transportation Planning With Climate Goals: Discussions, Workshops

By Melanie Curry | Apr 14, 2021 | No Comments

CAPTI sets a framework for planning transportation in a way that doesn't further destroy the environment, the economy, or the health of Californians, but some bristle at the idea of change.

405 Freeway in Orange County - photo via Caltrans

Interview: California Freeway Expansion Projects Induce Travel, and Underestimate Impacts of Additional Driving

By Joe Linton | Feb 17, 2021 | No Comments

UC Davis scholars Susan Handy, Jamey Volker, and Amy Lee created a online Induced Travel Calculator tool to project how road expansion projects would increase driving

What’s a Bike Highway? Caltrans Wants Your Thoughts

By Melanie Curry | Feb 8, 2021 | No Comments

San Francisco Bay Area's Caltrans District 4 has some questions for bike riders, and potential riders, about what they think would make a good bike highway.

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Caltrans: “No Active Plans” to Widen 5 Freeway North of the 605. Really?

By Joe Linton | Feb 5, 2021 | No Comments

The OC Register reports that a Caltrans spokesperson said no more widening. The Caltrans spokesperson now says they told the Register about planned widening.

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