Recent Streetsblog LA posts about highway expansion

“High Desert Corridor,” a New Highway for North L.A. County, Moves Forward

By Damien Newton | Sep 20, 2010 | 45 Comments

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 […]

Missing Links: Let’s Get Rid of the I-710

By Damien Newton | Aug 27, 2010 | 31 Comments

The 710 can provide alternate routes. Photo: Atwater Village Newbie/Flickr 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 […]

The Other Side of Measure R, Highway Projects Getting Ready to Roll

By Damien Newton | Jun 17, 2010 | 2 Comments

Photo:Forever Nomad/Flickr 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. The first […]

Times Editorial: People That Object to Highway Projects Too Provincial, Victims of Bizarre Thoughts

By Damien Newton | May 24, 2010 | 10 Comments

The "bizarre" concept that highway expansion leads to sprawl and more traffic. Explained. 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 […]

State DOTs’ Prescription for American Cities: More Highways

By Noah Kazis | May 18, 2010 | No Comments

AASHTO’s new report recommends that America’s urban transportation policy repeat the mistakes of the past. Photo of the Cross-Bronx Expressway: Tool Ake via Flickr 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 […]

$100 Million of Road Projects to Support “Evolution”

By Damien Newton | May 14, 2010 | 10 Comments

Image via LAist 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 […]

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