Recent Streetsblog LA posts about highway expansion

What Do These Things Have in Common: Smog, Highway Widenings, and Congestion?

By Damien Newton | Apr 29, 2010 | 4 Comments

Repairs to the I-5 Near Sacramento 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. First, the cause. The California Public […]

Mixed Message: If You Don’t Fill Out Your Census, We Won’t Do More Widenings

By Damien Newton | Mar 23, 2010 | 4 Comments

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.

Schwarzenegger Proposes Making the 405 a Double Decker Freeway

By Damien Newton | Feb 18, 2010 | 90 Comments

To the casual observer, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger seems like an environmental crusader. He signs anti-sprawl legislation, he sues the federal government over emission standards for automobiles, he flies around the world to attend greenhouse gas conferences. But to those of us that live here and have been working to clean and green our transportation system; […]

AASHTO Stimulus Report Omits Jobs Data Comparing Transit With Roads

By Elana Schor | Feb 11, 2010 | 2 Comments

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. (Photo: WBEZ) AASHTO’s report, citing data furnished to Congress, noted that 77 percent of […]

In Texas, One Newspaper Laments the Highway Lanes Not Built

By Elana Schor | Jan 25, 2010 | 1 Comment

The Transportation Enhancements program, which requires states to set aside 10 percent of their federal transport money for new bicycle and pedestrian facilities, among other projects, turns 19 years old this year. But you’d almost never know it after reading Saturday’s Fort Worth Star-Telegram, in which the paper tallies — with no shortage of alarm […]

Media on the I-405 Widening: It’s Going to Take Awhile, But It’s Totally Worth It!

By Damien Newton | Jan 21, 2010 | 13 Comments

Image: Metro.net I was somewhat heartened last week when coverage of the massive I-405 Sepulveda Pass Widening Project actually mentioned the amazing amount of highway vehicle congestion that will be created by the project over its estimated three year construction phase. However, I waited to write about the press coverage because I was hopeful that […]

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