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Is it really the fault of Caltrans, the EPA, and "visionaries" that Metro has failed to reimagine its outdated 710 Freeway widening? Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Metro Spokespersons Criticize Caltrans, EPA, and Public Input for Pausing 710 Freeway Widening

By Joe Linton | Jun 4, 2021 | No Comments

Metro Highway chief Ansari - on EPA: "holding a grudge." on Caltrans: "director all of a sudden without the knowledge of the district or us - announced that Caltrans is not going to sign off"

Billboard on a truck reads "Fix the 2-lane death trap" of Highway 41

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Asm Patterson Blows Hot Air on “Highway Capacity Increase”

By Melanie Curry | May 25, 2021 | No Comments

As California is figuring out how to put the brakes on its habit of expanding highways everywhere, the pushback over long-planned "legacy" projects has begun.

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

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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

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