Recent Streetsblog LA posts about highway expansion

Ananya Roy, Director of the Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA, speaks for the cameras. In the background is an abandoned property owned by Caltrans.

L.A. City and Community Land Trust Offer Competing Visions for Caltrans El Sereno Properties

By Damien Newton | Jun 2, 2022 | No Comments

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that doesn’t exist anywhere in the state of California, let alone the city of Los Angeles,” de León said

101 Freeway photo - from Metro's 405 CMCP website

Metro and the Future of the 405 Freeway Corridor

By Joe Linton | Jun 1, 2022 | No Comments

Metro pretty much just put a big staple through all 436 little plans and declared it a big Comprehensive Multimodal Corridor plan

The 710 Freeway. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Victory for Community Resistance: L.A. Cancels Long-Planned $6 Billion Lower 710 Freeway Widening

By Joe Linton | May 26, 2022 | No Comments

L.A. Metro approved the 'No Build' alternative for planned 710 freeway widening through predominantly Black and brown communities. The action is unprecedented for Southern California.

Metro Highway Program image via Metro presentation

Metro’s The Source Retreads Tired Pro-Freeway Falsehoods Today

By Joe Linton | May 25, 2022 | No Comments

The Metro budget is a statement of intent. If Metro is honest about "want[ing] a wider menu" of non-driving options, then Metro's budget needs to reflect that.

Metro-funded construction widening the 71 Freeway from 4 lanes to 8. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Metro Leadership Making It an Annual Tradition to Lie about Freeway Expansion Budget

By Joe Linton | May 20, 2022 | No Comments

Metro Planning Chief de la Loza: "[Metro Highway Program FY23 budget] predominant projects are focused on... completing gaps between the HOV system, safety improvements... they're not focused at all on just providing road widening."

710 Freeway. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Metro Committee Expected to Vote to Not Build Lower 710 Freeway Widening Project

By Joe Linton | May 17, 2022 | No Comments

Metro and Caltrans plan to formally reset their 710 Freeway corridor plans by approving the 'No Build' alternative, as the new Locally Preferred Alternative for their 710 Environmental Document, reversing a 2018 approval of a freeway widening alternative.

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