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Watch Two Bridges Being Taken Down

By Melanie Curry | Feb 11, 2016 | No Comments

Caltrans was involved in two very different bridge demolitions last week, and has posted timelapse footage of both of them. In the first, L.A.’s iconic 6th Street bridge is crunched by big machines while water hoses tamp down the dust, with downtown L.A. glimmering in the background. The footage compresses two days’ work into three […]

Caltrans Seeking 5,000 Drivers to Try VMT Fee Instead of Gas Tax

By Jason Islas and Damien Newton | Jan 21, 2016 | 1 Comment

As the value captured from the state’s gas tax continues to fall, and the conditions of the California’s roads and bridges continues to worsen, state leaders unveiled a plan last week to pilot a program that could lead to replacing the gas tax with a road user fee based on vehicle miles traveled. A summary […]

PIRG: L.A.’s Proposed Freight Highway Tunnel Among Country’s Worst Projects

By Damien Newton | Jan 20, 2016 | 4 Comments

Yesterday, the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), a national non-profit with state chapters throughout the country, released a report detailing the “12 biggest highway boondoggles” under study in the country. Not surprisingly, a California highway project made the list, the I-710 Tunnel Project in Los Angeles County. PIRG explains the project. San Gabriel Valley Route […]

California Streetsies: Local Advocacy with the Biggest Statewide Significance

By Melanie Curry | Jan 13, 2016 | No Comments

In 2015, Shasta Living Streets worked on a project that, on the face of it, was no different from many other local advocacy efforts in California. But its success is leading to new standards that the entire state will benefit from. The year before, Anne Thomas, director of the sustainable streets advocacy group, had worked […]

New Caltrans Design Bulletin OKs Protected Bike Lanes in CA!

By Melanie Curry | Jan 4, 2016 | 31 Comments

Squeezing up on its statutory deadline, Caltrans issued its “Class IV Bikeway Guidance [PDF]” on the last day of 2015. There are already existing sources of information on best practices and engineering guidance for protected, or separated, bikeways but this is the first from Caltrans. It was prepared in response to the Protected Bikeways Act of […]

Caltrans Plays Games with Distracted Driving

By Melanie Curry | Dec 16, 2015 | 2 Comments

Was this tweet a joke? Why would Caltrans promote a potentially distracting video game called “The Distraction Zone”? But no, says Caltrans spokesperson Jason Probst, or rather yes: it’s real. The game is part of a promotion for the work zone awareness campaign, “Be Work Zone Alert,” and Caltrans is giving away a cash prize […]

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