Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Caltrans

Metro 2018 91 Freeway expansion community meeting invitation

Where Metro and Caltrans Plan to Widen the 91 Freeway

By Joe Linton | Jun 8, 2022 | No Comments

Metro and Caltrans plan to spend about $400 million widening parts of the 91 Freeway through South L.A. and Southeast L.A., meaning more pollution in already pollution-burdened communities of color.

Ananya Roy, Director of the Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA, speaks for the cameras. In the background is an abandoned property owned by Caltrans.

L.A. City and Community Land Trust Offer Competing Visions for Caltrans El Sereno Properties

By Damien Newton | Jun 2, 2022 | No Comments

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that doesn’t exist anywhere in the state of California, let alone the city of Los Angeles,” de León said

The 710 Freeway. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Victory for Community Resistance: L.A. Cancels Long-Planned $6 Billion Lower 710 Freeway Widening

By Joe Linton | May 26, 2022 | No Comments

L.A. Metro approved the 'No Build' alternative for planned 710 freeway widening through predominantly Black and brown communities. The action is unprecedented for Southern California.

Wider and wider freeways brought to you by Metro and Caltrans. Sign on the 5 Freeway widening from OC to the 605. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Metro FY23 Budget: Those Freeways Metro Plans to Widen

By Joe Linton | May 13, 2022 | No Comments

Last year, Metro increased its annual freeway expansion budget by a whopping 80 percent. This year, the agency has proposed an 33.5 percent increase on top of last year's. Here's a list of Metro big widening projects.

Rendering of what 'the Ditch' could look like after it's developed to 'stitch the city back together.'

Pasadena and Caltrans Reach Agreement to Relinquish 710 Freeway Stub to City

By Damien Newton | May 4, 2022 | No Comments

Once the deal is finalized, the city has promised a public process to decide the future land use, transportation network, and utility infrastructure network for the land that is now-called the Ditch.

710 Freeway ramps towering over nearby residences. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Looking to Reset Process, Metro to Approve ‘No Build’ Alternative for Lower 710 Freeway Widening

By Joe Linton | Apr 12, 2022 | No Comments

It is pretty unusual for an agency like Metro to spend more than $160 million on freeway widening plans and early projects, then select the "no build" alternative

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