Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Freeways

LA Metro Is Selling 605 Freeway Valley Boulevard Project as Good for Equity, Climate, Active Transportation

By Joe Linton | Oct 21, 2021 | No Comments

The 605 Freeway/Valley Blvd project isn't among the most destructive widening projects that Metro and Caltrans do, but it's bad.

710 Freeway - photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Metro and Other So Cal Freeway Builders Express Frustration About Addressing Equity

By Joe Linton | Oct 15, 2021 | No Comments

Metro leadership complain that "inclusion of equity and race impact assessment[s]" and "expanded public participation in project development" are hampering the agency's plans to widen freeways.

How Highways Wrecked American Cities

By Hazel O'Neil | Sep 9, 2021 | No Comments

The Great Highway/Great Walkway debate is part of a larger history of highway building that ruined many of America's greatest neighborhoods

We need more of this? Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Paused 710 Freeway Widening Project Is the Focus of Two New Committees

By Joe Linton | Sep 1, 2021 | No Comments

The fate of the 710 is being discussed at the Gateway Cities Council of Governments I-710 Ad Hoc Committee, and will soon be discussed at Metro's new I-710 South Corridor Task Force.

Freeway Widenings, Brought to You by L.A. Metro and Caltrans

By Joe Linton | Aug 30, 2021 | No Comments

Metro website lies, Pomona family leaves home, new Gateway Cities 710 Freeway committee, $18M for the 57/60, and 423 total demolitions for Metro & Caltrans $2B I-5 South widening

High-speed Rail construction of the Cedar Viaduct in Fresno County. Photo: CAHSRA

‘Amtrak Joe’ Wants Electric Bullet Trains for California

By Roger Rudick | Aug 12, 2021 | No Comments

California's electrified, high-speed train project gets closer to reality with billions in federal dollars on the way

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