Recent Streetsblog LA posts about highway expansion

The 405 Sepulveda Pass Widening: Is This Really Worth It?

By Damien Newton | Oct 26, 2011 | 10 Comments

Streetsblog has been plenty critical of the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Widening Project which will will add a 10-mile HOV lane and widen lanes from the Santa Monica Fwy. (I-10) to the Ventura Fwy. (US-101). The project is back in the news after the most recent round of closures created ire among drivers angry with the lack […]

Guest Op/Ed: Gaps in 710 Tunnel Arguments

By Elise Kalfayan | Aug 9, 2011 | 22 Comments

Photo: Big Mike Lakers/Flickr (I’ve noticed that ever since South Pasadena passed a resolution cooling some of their resistance to the 710 Big Dig that the War of Words over the project has picked back up. While researching an article on that issue, I came across “Under the Paperweight: Gaps in 710 Tunnel Arguments” at […]

The Real Lessons of Carmageddon – Angelenos Aren’t Idiots, We Have Too Many Highways

By Damien Newton | Jul 18, 2011 | 8 Comments

There are two theories to transportation engineering and traffic. One theory is that traffic is like a raging river. If you block it in one place, it will flow someplace else. If you add more space for it to flow, it will flow more smoothly. This theory has dominated traffic and transportation plans for years. […]

Open Thread II: Carmageddon Experiences

By Damien Newton | Jul 15, 2011 | No Comments

We got your predictions in the thread below, but as the weekend progresses feel free to let us know how/if Carmageddon is impacting your weekend. My first report is that we’re relieved that the news is recharging at the moment so that we have a couple of hours without helicopters flying overhead. Also, I got […]

Another Way to Avoid “Carmaggedon,” Stop Widening Highways

By Damien Newton | Jun 10, 2011 | 16 Comments

While I was away, one story seemed to dominate the transportation news coverage, the 52 hour closure of a stretch of the I-405 from July 16 to early in the morning of July 18 that is part of the Sepulveda Pass Widening Project. News casters broadcast breathless reports of impending doom, reporters seemed to produce […]

L.A. Conservancy: New Spring Street Bridge Plans Are Better, But…

By Damien Newton | May 4, 2011 | 3 Comments

(The above video was prepared by the L.A. City Bureau of Engineering to explain the project. There will be a public meeting on the North Spring Street Bridge Improvement project on Tuesday, May 10, at 6:00 P.M. at the Lincoln Heights Senior Citizen Center at 2323 Workman Avenue. For more information, click on the advertisement […]

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