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It's 2022 and Metro and Caltrans are still widening freeways - graphic via Metro fact sheet

Freeway News Round-Up: 710 Widening and Aesthetics, 71 and 5 Widening Snags, and Bakersfield’s Centennial Corridor

By Joe Linton | Jan 11, 2022 | No Comments

Metro's 710 widening task force met, the 710 aesthetic plan is ridiculous, 71 and 5 Freeway widening hitting snags, and mass home demolition for a Bakersfield freeway

Some southland bike lanes drop out of projects unexpectedly. Forest Lawn Drive bike lanes photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Why Can’t Metro/L.A./Caltrans Just Add Approved Bikeways When Building Big Projects?

By Joe Linton | Dec 14, 2021 | No Comments

Metro, Caltrans, and L.A. City Public Works Department miss many opportunities to extend L.A. bikeway facilities into more of a network

710 Freeway. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Much of Metro’s Latest 710 Freeway Messaging Sounds All Too Familiar

By Joe Linton | Dec 9, 2021 | No Comments

Stay tuned - probably for another decade - to find out if Metro's latest community messaging is sincere, or just another iteration of the past couple decades of lip service to a community-driven process.

County Supervisor Kathryn Barger at this morning's I-5 North County widening groundbreaking, where she claimed that this project will "reduce pollution." Image via Facebook stream

Metro Leaders Make False Claims at North County 5 Freeway Widening Groundbreaking

By Joe Linton | Dec 1, 2021 | No Comments

Does anyone really believe that this freeway expansion will really clean the air? Advance equity? Is suburban highway widening any kind of equity model for other projects in the region and the state?

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. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

L.A. Times Analysis Shows Racist Harms of Freeway Projects

By Joe Linton | Nov 12, 2021 | No Comments

In five states - California, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas - the Times found that large highway building projects demolished homes predominantly in Black and Latino neighborhoods

How Metro's meeting sketch artist portrayed 710 Freeway widening - all green and blue (and only two lanes depicted out of 16 proposed)

Wednesday Round-Up: 710 Widening Task Force, 110 Flyover Scoping, Speed Limits, and More

By Joe Linton | Nov 10, 2021 | No Comments

Metro 710 Freeway widening task force, Metro/Caltrans 110 Freeway flyover, Speed Limits, Slow Streets, and new bikeway on Airport Boulevard

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