Recent Streetsblog LA posts about highway expansion

Still from Caltrans April 2019 video showing the $1.3B cost of cost of 5-Freeway North

Caltrans Lies Again: Widening 5 Freeway Will “Minimize Congestion… Reduce Pollution”

By Joe Linton | | 2 Comments
At this week’s Metro Roads Committee, Caltrans presented another misleading video claiming that their 5 Freeway widening projects will “reduce pollution” and “minimize congestion.” Given the past 80 years of highway building have resulted in massive congestion increases and climate-threatening pollution increases, it is clear that Caltrans is lying. The false claims appear at minute […]
Does anyone outside of Caltrans still think that widening freeways will reduce pollution and minimize congestion? Image: screen capture from Caltrans video

Another Caltrans Lie: Video Claims Widening 5 Freeway Reduces Pollution, Congestion

By Joe Linton | | 12 Comments
It is jarring that nearly two decades into the twenty-first century, California’s transportation department is still making claims that freeway widening will somehow curb pollution and reduce congestion. These are false claims–lies. Past experience and research show that widening freeways worsens congestion and air quality, yet Caltrans repeatedly claims the contrary. In a new video […]
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