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U.S. Senators tell Cal Lawmakers to Stop Effing with Bullet Train
Assemblymembers Rendon, Friedman get a talking to from Senators Feinstein, Padilla over budget delays to high-speed rail
July 20, 2021
Editorial: Own it, L.A. Politicians–You’re Trying to Kill California’s Bullet Train
Three of L.A.'s supposedly 'environmentalist' politicians just signed a letter proving once and for all that they want HSR dead in its tracks
June 30, 2021
CTC Delays Weighing in on Sale of Multi-Family Property in South Pasadena
Tenants, City say they had first right of refusal; Caltrans claimed a strict "decision waterfall" was preventing them from doing the right thing
June 28, 2021
Feds Restore Trump-Blocked Bullet Train Funds
Almost $1 billion in funds from D.C. released to the project
June 11, 2021
Caltrans District Director Tavares Disputes Metro Highway Chief Ansari Account of 710 Pause
Tavares on pausing 710 Freeway widening: "I don't know where Mr. Ansari came up with that comment. I've had numerous conversations and discussions and meetings... regarding that corridor."
June 11, 2021
Metro Spokespersons Criticize Caltrans, EPA, and Public Input for Pausing 710 Freeway Widening
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"
June 4, 2021
Asm Patterson Blows Hot Air on “Highway Capacity Increase”
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.
May 25, 2021
Governor Newsom Proposes $500M Bump to Active Transportation
It's not the $2B requested by the CA Transportation Commission and advocates, and it's not even near what he proposes for litter cleanup, but it would help
May 14, 2021
United Caltrans Tenants Oppose State Legislation on Home Sales
"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.
May 14, 2021
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
