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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 […]

Want to Slow Displacement? Then Build More Housing, Says Legislative Analyst’s Office

By Jason Islas | Feb 11, 2016 | No Comments

What will it take to make sure there’s a future for lower- and middle-income people in California? Anyone who has tried to look for a place to live recently knows that question is much more than an abstract policy discussion. Increasingly, the high cost of housing in California is driving the state’s low- and middle-income […]

OPR to Host Webinars on Transportation Impacts Under Environmental Law

By Melanie Curry | Jan 27, 2016 | No Comments

The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) recently issued long-anticipated changes to a provision in California law that currently ranks traffic congestion as an environmental impact. For more details, see recent Streetsblog coverage here. The new guidelines are under a 45-day review period, with public comment being accepted until February 29. To help educate […]

State Releases Proposed Rules That Would Finally End LOS in Enviro. Law

By Damien Newton | Jan 22, 2016 | 9 Comments

Earlier today, the State of California released its anticipated final draft set of changes to the state’s environmental law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Under the new CEQA rule, environmental studies will use measurements that better correspond to actual environmental costs and benefits. This realigns the CEQA process to foster better transit, more walking and bicycling, and […]

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 […]

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