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Gateway Cities Freeway Supporters Skeptical of Metro Multimodal and Equity Objectives
Metro's meeting with Gateway Cities engineers was like two sets of people speaking different languages at each other. Metro reps spoke about equity, buses, resilience, climate. TAC members spoke about driving, cars, roads, freeways.
July 27, 2022
Metro’s 60 Freeway Ramps Expansion Project in Hacienda Heights Is on Hold
Metro deemed the Hacienda Heights SR-60/7th Avenue project beneficial to drivers and not too bad to adjacent residents, but if and when the project gets going, construction could come very close to homes.
July 18, 2022
Where Metro and Caltrans Plan to Widen the 91 Freeway
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.
June 8, 2022
Metro and the Future of the 405 Freeway Corridor
Metro pretty much just put a big staple through all 436 little plans and declared it a big Comprehensive Multimodal Corridor plan
June 1, 2022
Victory for Community Resistance: L.A. Cancels Long-Planned $6 Billion Lower 710 Freeway Widening
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.
May 26, 2022
Metro’s The Source Retreads Tired Pro-Freeway Falsehoods Today
The Metro budget is a statement of intent. If Metro is honest about "want[ing] a wider menu" of non-driving options, then Metro's budget needs to reflect that.
May 25, 2022
Metro Leadership Making It an Annual Tradition to Lie about Freeway Expansion Budget
Metro Planning Chief de la Loza: "[Metro Highway Program FY23 budget] predominant projects are focused on... completing gaps between the HOV system, safety improvements... they're not focused at all on just providing road widening."
May 20, 2022
Metro Committee Expected to Vote to Not Build Lower 710 Freeway Widening Project
Metro and Caltrans plan to formally reset their 710 Freeway corridor plans by approving the 'No Build' alternative, as the new Locally Preferred Alternative for their 710 Environmental Document, reversing a 2018 approval of a freeway widening alternative.
May 17, 2022
Metro FY23 Budget: Those Freeways Metro Plans to Widen
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.
May 13, 2022
Overview of Metro’s Proposed Fiscal Year 22-23 Budget
Metro's $8.8 billion FY22-23 budget includes transit service hours returning to pre-COVID levels, but so did the FY21-22 budget. Metro is also increasing annual funding for freeway expansion, while decreasing annual funding for transit expansion.
May 10, 2022
