Recent Streetsblog LA posts about CALTRANS

Metro and Caltrans 5 Freeway widening through Burbank is years late and tens of millions of dollars over-budget. Photo by Joe Linton

Metro Proposes $73.2M Loan to Caltrans for Overruns on 5 Freeway Widening through Burbank

By Joe Linton | Jan 16, 2021 | No Comments

Metro approving more money for this nightmare project would send a signal to Caltrans that wastefulness and irresponsibility will be not only tolerated, but rewarded

New walk/bike crossing along the 5 Freeway in Burbank - photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Eyes on the Street: New Bike/Ped Crossing over Railroad Tracks in Burbank

By Joe Linton | Jan 15, 2021 | No Comments

Though the facility has some utility - and preserves earlier walk/bike access, it's the kind of hellscape that only a freeway traffic engineer can love.

This vacant land, viewed from Norwalk's Silverbow Avenue pedestrian overpass, was more than a dozen homes. Metro and Caltrans have demolished hundreds of homes for their South 5 Freeway widening project. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Metro/Caltrans Neighborhood Erasure along the Lower 5 Freeway

By Joe Linton | Jan 7, 2021 | No Comments

Metro and Caltrans have erased hundreds of houses, apartments, and businesses - in the cities of Norwalk and Santa Fe Springs - to widen the 5 Freeway

The Happy City Coalition is opposing Metro and Caltrans freeway expansion that would demolish hundreds of homes in Downey and other cities

Downey Area Freeway Fighters Form The Happy City Coalition

By Joe Linton | Dec 16, 2020 | No Comments

The Happy City Coalition is working to stop expansion of the 605 and 5 Freeways, and to build a more walkable, bikeable, transit-oriented Southeast L.A. County

Metro's plans to widen the 5 Freeway through Downey, demolishing homes, apartments, and more. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Documents Show Metro “Drastically” Increased Planned 605/5 Freeway Widening

By Joe Linton | Oct 29, 2020 | No Comments

Metro is using inappropriate non-urban highway standards resulting in excessive demolition of homes, apartments, schools, parks

605 Freeway Corridor Improvement Project map - via Metro

Metro Board Unanimously Approves Motion to Delay 605/5 Freeway Widening and Instead Study Alternatives

By Joe Linton | Oct 22, 2020 | No Comments

Metro's Board sends a strong rebuke to Metro's Highway Program

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