highway expansion
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“High Desert Corridor,” a New Highway for North L.A. County, Moves Forward
We don't often discuss issues effecting the Northern parts of L.A. County. But as a freeway expansion project moves through the environmental study phases towards construction; it's worthwhile to check in on one of the few new highway projects in Southern California, the High Desert Corridor project. With $33 million in Measure R funds to pay for the environmental studies already secured for the $6 billion highway project, Caltrans is moving forward with a series of public hearings in the North County this month. A copy of Caltrans' postcard announcing the meetings is available at the end of the article.
September 20, 2010
Missing Links: Let’s Get Rid of the I-710
While clean port advocates are celebrating a federal court ruling allowing the Port of Los Angeles to go forward with its Clean Trucks program, the push to widen freeways partially to help these trucks move through our region remains strong. While there's little doubt that "clean trucks" are better for the region than "dirty" ones, it's also evident that the best thing for air quality would be "less trucks."
August 27, 2010
The Other Side of Measure R, Highway Projects Getting Ready to Roll
While much of the Measure R talk these days is about the Wilshire Bus-Only Lanes or the Westside Subway meetings, the non-progressive portion of the "transit sales tax" is also moving forward. This month's meeting of the Metro Board's "Measure R Project Delivery Committee" is dominated by talk of highway expansion.
June 17, 2010
Times Editorial: People That Object to Highway Projects Too Provincial, Victims of Bizarre Thoughts
Today, the Los Angeles Times reaffirmed their support for "completing" the I-710 by tunneling for another four and a half miles to connect the freeway with Highway 134 and Interstate 210. This is hardly the first time the Times has voiced concern for highway expansion, the local paper of record could double as the public relations arm of the AAA.
May 24, 2010
State DOTs’ Prescription for American Cities: More Highways
The
umbrella group for America's state DOTs, the American Association of
State Highway and Transportation Officials, has started a major new
push for, you guessed it, more highways. The new campaign argues for
highway expansion in urban areas as if fifty years of similar policies
hadn't led to a dead end of sprawl, pollution, and oil dependence.
May 18, 2010
$100 Million of Road Projects to Support “Evolution”
Earlier this week, Streetsblog waded back into the debate over two controversial development projects sponsored by NBC Universal in North Hollywood. One of those projects, which NBC is calling "Evolution" will redevelop a 391 acre parcel and will include a theme park, business and entertainment
industry center, more than 2,900 new apartments and condos, 35 acres
of open space, a 500-room hotel and a refurbished amphitheater. Residents are complaining about a coming traffic crush.
May 14, 2010
What Do These Things Have in Common: Smog, Highway Widenings, and Congestion?
Sometimes, the news comes to you from several directions at once, and you have to pull the pieces together to see the bigger picture. Such a thing happened yesterday, when three seemingly unrelated story created the perfect tapestry of cause, symptom and effect.
April 29, 2010
Mixed Message: If You Don’t Fill Out Your Census, We Won’t Do More Widenings
Hmm. If I knew that my census form was going to help determine how much sprawl-inducing highway expansion funding my community was going to get, I would have told them there were -4,000,000 in my house.
March 23, 2010
AASHTO Stimulus Report Omits Jobs Data Comparing Transit With Roads
The
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
(AASHTO), the trade group representing state DOTs in Washington,
yesterday unveiled a website
and report billed as a one-year "progress report" on the White House's
$34.3 billion in formula-based transportation stimulus spending.
February 11, 2010