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StreetSmart Special Edition – LA Evictions at Caltrans Owned Properties for Formerly Homeless “Reclaimers”
Benito Flores, one of the Reclaimers, is resisting eviction to draw attention to inequities with how housing laws are being applied to people experiencing homelessness
July 15, 2025
California Transportation Commission Unanimously Approves Funds for All Recommended Highway Projects
Advocates call the CTC a rubber stamp for highway widening. The body didn't do anything to dispel that notion yesterday.
June 27, 2025
Commentary: California Needs a Jet-Powered Car Train
How about an HSR proposal Duffy and the USDOT can get behind?
June 4, 2025
Caltrans is Repaving Pacific Coast Highway through Harbor Area
Caltrans' 20-mile $48 million Pacific Coast Highway repaving project is mostly like-for-like - disappointing in an area unfriendly for walking and bicycling.
June 4, 2025
California’s Enviro and Smart Growth Leaders to CTC – Don’t Use Congestion Relief Funds for Highway Expansion
Our concerns about these projects relate to their inconsistency with the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI), their likelihood to significantly increase driving, their environmental, climate, and displacement impacts, and their conflicts with California’s climate and equity goals...
June 4, 2025
Caltrans and Riverside County Project Would Expand the 15 Freeway
The I-15 Express Lanes Project Southern Extension (ELPSE) would convert 15 miles of the existing 6-lane freeway to 10 and 11 lanes
May 19, 2025
Metro and Caltrans Break Ground on 105 Freeway Expansion
105 Freeway expansion is touted as "leaving a lasting legacy for Angelenos for decades to come" but it might not be the legacy that Metro and Caltrans think it is
April 25, 2025
Friday Video: The High Speed Rail Anthem You’ve Been Waiting For
"Because 220 sure beats going 79."
Dana Coffield
April 24, 2025
Freeway Updates: 91 Widening, Repave 405, and 105 Safety Fixes
A Metro/Caltrans 91 Freeway expansion project is on hold. Caltrans 105/Studebaker safety enhancements are complete. Caltrans is planning $144M worth of repaving and upgrading for the 405 through the Sepulveda Pass.
April 22, 2025
Caltrans Posts Draft Master Plan for PCH in Malibu
Activists agree this plan is a huge improvement over current conditions, but there are some areas where it could be even better.
April 16, 2025
