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I-980 in Oakland is the subject of a study on the feasibility of removing or at least improving it

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Federal Reconnecting Communities Program Announces First Grants, Four In California

By Melanie Curry | Feb 28, 2023 | No Comments

This is the DOT's first move towards repairing damage done by building highways through communities is $185 million for 45 projects that remove, retrofit, or somehow mitigate barriers created by highways - and railroad tracks.

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USDOT Announces First Grants from its Safe Streets and Roads for All Program

By Melanie Curry | Feb 2, 2023 | No Comments

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law program will give California communities $133 million for road safety projects and plans

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USDOT Head Tours Oakland’s Chasms

By Roger Rudick | Sep 13, 2022 | No Comments

Pete Buttigieg met with Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff and others Friday morning and took a bus tour of the city's efforts to repair the damage done by the freeway building age.

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Buttigieg’s New Emissions Standards Fail to Close ‘Light Truck Loophole’

By Kea Wilson | Apr 5, 2022 | No Comments

U.S. DOT announced new emissions rules last week — but, once again, the strictest standards won't apply to the biggest, dirtiest cars.

Feds Restore Trump-Blocked Bullet Train Funds

By Roger Rudick and Joe Linton | Jun 11, 2021 | No Comments

Almost $1 billion in funds from D.C. released to the project

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U.S. DOT Must Do Better for Peds, Cyclists: Report

By Aaron Short | May 26, 2021 | No Comments

The U.S. Department of Transportation has not set goals or tracked the performance of 90 traffic safety activities making it difficult to improve them or determining whether they work at all, a congressional watchdog found.

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