Five Road Widening Myths That Are Delaying Climate Action
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These convenient excuses help your transportation department justify widening and adding highways – but they’re dead wrong.
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Freeways
Downey Area Freeway Fighters Form The Happy City Coalition
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The Happy City Coalition is working to stop expansion of the 605 and 5 Freeways, and to build a more walkable, bikeable, transit-oriented Southeast L.A. County
Why Highway Teardowns Make Great Infrastructure (and Equity) Investments
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Progressive advocates are making the case that new infrastructure money would actually be best spent tearing urban highways down — and reinvesting in the Black and brown communities that those bad road projects tore apart decades ago.
California Transportation Commission: S.B. 1 Projects Approved
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Concerns were raised about continuing to invest in car infrastructure, but project list was approved anyway. Also: S.B. 1 brings economic development, jobs; Active Transportation Program gets some love; Equity Advisory Roundtable is almost full.
Gateway Cities Council of Governments Staff Critical of Metro Highway Program Flexibility Proposal
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Gateway Cities Council of Government staff are calling "to maintain the integrity of freeway... plans." Elected Gateway Cities leadership may have more multimodal ideas.
San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments Votes to Support Metro Highway Program Flexibility
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The SGVCOG Transportation Committee voted unanimously to support new guidelines that would allow more flexibility for Metro Highway Program projects to including complete streets components.