Recent Streetsblog LA posts about highway expansion

Open Thread: Big Dig Alternative Analysis Released

By Damien Newton | Jan 18, 2013 | 14 Comments

You have to hand it to the public outreach folks for the I-710 Big Dig Project. Nothing says “community involvement” quite like dropping an Alternatives Analysis that was completed in December of last year to the public at Friday, at 3:50 p.m. before a holiday weekend. The analysis narrows down the alternatives that will be […]

The High Desert Corridor Is Back, and This Time It Includes Bikeways?

By Damien Newton | Nov 21, 2012 | 4 Comments

Returning from paternity leave, I made a joke promise that if Supervisor Mike Antonovich’s office would get behind a transit line for the High Desert Corridor, a proposed new freeway connecting Highway 14 in Los Angeles County to Highway 18 in San Bernardino County, Streetsblog would give a week of exclusive coverage to the area he represents […]

BNSF Falsely Claims Marginalized Communities “Better Off” with Proposed Railyard; Public Hearing Tonight

By Brian Addison | Oct 18, 2012 | 2 Comments

In a sadly misunderstood and ill-grounded editorial, the Press-Telegram endorsed Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s (BNSF) proposed 153-acre railyard project west of the 710 freeway, the Southern California International Gateway (SCIG). The endorsement comes right before a public hearing featuring demonstrations from some 20 community organizations who will offer evidence denouncing the benefits of the project […]

Carmageddon II, Fun Times & Flawed Infrastructure Priorities

By Gary Kavanagh | Oct 1, 2012 | 4 Comments

There were some fears that the second coming of “Carmageddon”, a full closure of the 405 between the I-10 and the I-101, might really bring the disastrous traffic jams that were imagined but never materialized the last time around. By all accounts, traffic was no worse this weekend in Santa Monica and the Westside than […]

AASHTO: America’s Best Transportation Projects Are All Highways

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 10, 2012 | No Comments

Are you ready to be inspired? Well, good, because the American Association of State Highway and Transportation just released its list of finalists for the “America’s Transportation Award” Grand Prize. These ten projects span every sector of the transportation world, from enormous highway projects to … less enormous highway projects. Voting is open through October […]

Op/Ed: Freeway Expansion Is a Pill for Poor Health

By Dr. Roberta Kato | Sep 5, 2012 | 3 Comments

Dr. Roberta Kato, MD, is a Pediatric Pulmonologist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and an Environmental Health Ambassador with Physicians for Social Responsibility-LA. As a Pediatric Pulmonologist, I’m concerned that Caltrans proposed expansion of the I-710 Corridor— from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to the Pomona Freeway—will negatively impact air quality in adjacent communities. Our children […]

Show More Stories