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Head of Caltrans Says Time to Pause Current 710 Freeway Expansion
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."
May 13, 2021
California’s Plan to Align Transportation Planning With Climate Goals: Discussions, Workshops
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.
April 14, 2021
Interview: California Freeway Expansion Projects Induce Travel, and Underestimate Impacts of Additional Driving
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
February 17, 2021
What’s a Bike Highway? Caltrans Wants Your Thoughts
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.
February 8, 2021
Caltrans: “No Active Plans” to Widen 5 Freeway North of the 605. Really?
The OC Register reports that a Caltrans spokesperson said no more widening. The Caltrans spokesperson now says they told the Register about planned widening.
February 5, 2021
Caltrans Releases New Safety Guidance for Land Use Projects Statewide: Consider Bikes and Peds
Webinar explains and discusses new guidance, which calls for greater attention to bicycle and pedestrian access and safety at new developments
January 15, 2021
Caltrans Statement on Equity: What Does it Mean?
Caltrans makes a promise, and communities and advocates will need to hold them accountable to it. It won't be easy.
December 23, 2020
Downey Area Freeway Fighters Form The Happy City Coalition
The Happy City Coalition is working to stop expansion of the 605 and 5 Freeways, and to build a more walkable, bikeable, transit-oriented Southeast L.A. County
December 17, 2020
Caltrans Releases Statement on Equity
California State DOT publicly acknowledges its work has amplified racial inequities, and commits to fixing the problem. "This understanding is the foundation for intentional decision-making that recognizes past, stops current, and prevents future harms from our actions."
December 11, 2020
California Transportation Commission: S.B. 1 Projects Approved
Concerns were raised about continuing to invest in car infrastructure, but project list was approved anyway. Also: S.B. 1 brings economic development, jobs; Active Transportation Program gets some love; Equity Advisory Roundtable is almost full.
December 4, 2020
