Caltrans Settles Environment Lawsuit, Cancels High Desert Freeway Project
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Thanks to a Climate Resolve lawsuit, Caltrans has agreed to halt work on the Metro-funded High Desert Corridor freeway
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about highway expansion
Groups Urge Metro Not to Approve Car-Centric SGV Projects Replacing Canceled North 710 Freeway
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Metro's zombie engineers are pushing a half-billion dollars worth of projects that will force more car traffic into the San Gabriel Valley
Wrongheaded High Desert Freeway Named a Top National Boondoggle
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Proponents have smeared a lot of lipstick on their $8 billion, 63-mile highway project, but it's still a pig
Caltrans Lies Again: Widening 5 Freeway Will “Minimize Congestion… Reduce Pollution”
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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 […]
What Projects Should Be Accelerated for the 2028 Olympics? How Can These Advance Equity?
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For 2028 Olympics project acceleration to foster equity, don't speed up highway projects. Instead focus on improving the bus system.
Congestion Pricing, Metro, and Why Project Acceleration Might Not Be Such a Great Thing
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Why not use this Olympic opportunity to uplift L.A.'s bus systems?