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Metro and Caltrans Still Planning 605 Expansion, Plus Four Connecting Freeways
Metro and Caltrans are planning to spend billions of dollars widening the 605, 5, 10, 60 and 105 Freeways. Really.
July 11, 2024
$51.4 Million for Sustainable Transportation Planning Grants
Caltrans announced today that it is awarding planning grants to 89 local and regional projects that will lay the groundwork for making transportation "more resilient to the impacts of climate change."
July 9, 2024
Metro to Host 605/5 Freeway Expansion Project Meetings
The good news is that, for the 605CIP, Metro is no longer planning to tear down 300+ homes. The bad news is that Metro still plans to widen the 605, 5, and other connecting freeways.
July 3, 2024
Environmental Groups File Suit Against I-80 Highway Expansion
The environmental report for the Yolo Bypass project understates the true impacts of the project, according to the lawsuit
May 31, 2024
California Transportation Commission This Week: Funding for I-80 Yolo Causeway Widening
Clearly Caltrans leadership doesn't take its own guidelines on mitigating induced travel very seriously.
May 14, 2024
California Leaders Celebrate Ten Years of Climate Action
Air Resources Board report highlights progress funded by the California Cap-and-Trade Program
May 8, 2024
Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Bike Lane Will Need Support
There's no evidence the bike lane contributes to congestion on the bridge
May 3, 2024
Transportation Commission: Touting Active Transportation, Approving Highway Expansions
Despite public pleas to stop spending on highway expansion, pro-expansion forces still take the day.
March 27, 2024
With a New Statewide Task Force, California Is Getting Real about Transit Transformation
Meeting California’s ambitious climate goals will require getting people out of cars and on to trains and buses. That shift could require as much as a five-fold to ten-fold increase in transit ridership above pre-COVID levels by 2045.
March 26, 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
