Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Freeways

View of Downey freeway from overpass, with houses off to the side

City of Downey Officially Opposes Full Metro 605/5 Freeway Widening Impacting Downey Homesj

By Joe Linton | Oct 8, 2020 | No Comments

Downey officially opposes Metro taking 200+ Downey homes, but Mayor Blanca Pacheco caveated that "The City is supportive of the improvements of the I-5 freeway, which will bring transportation, connectivity and economic benefits.”

Metro Plans to Take Out 200+ Downey Homes to Widen 5 and 605 Freeways

By Joe Linton | Oct 5, 2020 | No Comments

Downey resident Alexandria Contreras says Metro's "I-605 Corridor Improvement Project" is "not an improvement, it's destruction, state sanctioned violence.... immoral and unjust."

North 5 Freeway Widening Project Cost Overrun Is Even More Than Metro Reported

By Joe Linton | Oct 1, 2020 | No Comments

September Metro report said Burbank freeway project was $50M over budget, but a May Caltrans letter said $73.2M - and with no construction end in sight, the final total could be even higher

Over Budget, Five Years Late, I-5 Widening Sparks Metro-Caltrans Debate on Who Pays Cost Overruns

By Joe Linton | Sep 21, 2020 | No Comments

The three- to four-year-long 5 Freeway widening project through Burbank is now expected to take eight years of construction

MTC Wants Your Thoughts on Express Lanes on I-880

By Damien Newton | Dec 18, 2019 | No Comments

Chime in on how to run the new toll lanes, an early try at congestion pricing

Building for cars has just brought more cars. Caltrans adopting this change in CEQA is a start to fixing that. Image: Biofriend

Caltrans Will Account for New Driving Produced by its Transportation Projects

By Melanie Curry | Nov 25, 2019 | No Comments

A "profound change" in how transportation impacts are accounted for is coming, in line with efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and driving and increase biking, walking, and transit trips

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