Busting Some Metro Highway Program FY22 Budget Myths
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Yes, there are hundreds of millions' worth of highway widening. No, there aren't any bike lanes. No, these widenings are not what voters approved in Measure M.
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Freeways
Asm Patterson Blows Hot Air on “Highway Capacity Increase”
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As California is figuring out how to put the brakes on its habit of expanding highways everywhere, the pushback over long-planned "legacy" projects has begun.
After Federal and State Partners’ Criticism, Metro Shifts Stance on 710 Freeway Widening
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After EPA and Caltrans pulled the plug, Metro now seeks "to reframe the conversation to set a clear path where established principles that are agreed to by all stakeholders, including communities along the corridors, are reimagined to address issues like congestion and air quality and how highway investments are made."
Head of Caltrans Says Time to Pause Current 710 Freeway Expansion
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Caltrans Director Toks Omishakin: "We're in a place right now where we want to put an absolute pause on this [710 Freeway] project in the format that it's currently in."
Environmental Protection Agency Nixes Metro and Caltrans’ Current Plan for Expanding Lower 710 Freeway
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Dealing a blow to Metro's effort to fast-track expansion of the lower 710 Freeway, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has mandated that Metro follow air quality laws.
L.A. Times Opinion Piece Amplifies Call to Nix Metro’s Harmful Freeway Widening
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"...why on earth is Metro prioritizing a problematic freeway expansion? ...at some point we need our transit agencies to draw a line in the sand. If they can’t end car-centric urban planning, they can certainly stop enabling it with freeway expansions."