Recent Streetsblog LA posts about highway expansion

At CNU, Representative of Texas Legislature says “No Road Pays for Itself”

By Matthew Roth | Nov 6, 2009 | 4 Comments

Over the past two days at the Congress for the New Urbanism Project for Transportation Reform conference, attendees have called for transportation reform at local, regional, and national levels. In a panel debate about the future of transportation funding and the role of regional planning through MPOs, several speakers argued that the foundation of transportation […]

Officials Celebrate Highway Widening. Tough Questions Remain Unasked.

By Damien Newton | Nov 3, 2009 | 10 Comments

Image: Times Anyone that reads Streetsblog knows that one issue that makes this blog different than your run of the mill news source is that we have opinions on how a transportation system should and shouldn’t be built. Some people charge that this bias taints our writing. Other times, it’s clear that bias helps us […]

Bad News from Governor, Courts on 710 Expansion Near Pasadena

By Damien Newton | Oct 28, 2009 | 6 Comments

You know what this highway needs? More travel lanes. Photo: Big Mike Lakers/Flickr Opponents of expanding the I-710 near Pasadena to connect the road to the I-210 received a double dose of bad news in recent weeks from both the courts and our environmental governor. First, Governor Scwarzenegger, between lecturing his wife about safe driving, […]

OCTA: What’s the Best Way to Widen the I-405?

By Damien Newton | Aug 14, 2009 | 23 Comments

Photo of the I-405 as it pases the John Wayne Airport: Treotography/Flickr A brief article in today’s Orange County Register reports that the OCTA, the agency that recently employed Metro CEO Art Leahy as its top boss, is seeking public input on the best way to relieve congestion on the I-405. While this seems like […]

OC Using Stimulus Funds to Widen the 91

By Damien Newton | Aug 3, 2009 | 4 Comments

Last stop before the 91/241 interchange. Photo: kllm14369/Flickr "That ain’t Change, it’s more of the same!" was an applause line used frequently during last fall’s presidential campaign by Senator Joe Biden to critique many of the proposed policies of Senator McCain and Governor Palin. Watching how stimulus funds are spent in California, transportation reformers and […]

Want to Add 30,000 Cars to the I-210? Then Dig the 710 Tunnel

By Damien Newton | Jul 31, 2009 | 12 Comments

Photo: Non Paratus/Flickr A traffic analysis published by the City of Glendale projects that the "completion" of the I-710 by building a tunnel under South Pasadena would cause an increase of 30,000 vehicles daily on the I-210 north of SR-134. The report was included as part of a packet to Glendale City Council Members with […]

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