Recent Streetsblog LA posts about highway expansion

Senate Panel Backs $1.2B for High Speed Rail, $1.4B Extra For Highways

By Elana Schor | Jul 29, 2009 | 3 Comments

The Senate panel in charge of transportation spending has just released its version of the budget bill that passed the House last week, giving less to high-speed rail and more to highways than the lower chamber of Congress. The Senate’s transportation bill, shepherded by senior appropriator Patty Murray (D-WA), provides $1.2 billion for the Obama […]

The “Other” I-710 Project: Widening to Improve Air Quality in Long Beach

By Damien Newton | Jul 8, 2009 | 17 Comments

For the record, this is what a 14 lane highway looks like. Photo:pankaj/Picasa While environmentalists and smart growth advocates focus on the I-710 Tunnel Project, the one that would "complete" by closing the 4.5 mile gap between the current end of the freeway and the 210 Freeway; another massive expansion project for the I-170 is […]

Caltrans on the 710 Tunnel Project: Trust Us, We Know What We’re Doing

By Damien Newton | Jun 2, 2009 | 17 Comments

Photo: Big Mike Lakers/Flickr Last week, community forums were held in Glendale and La Cañada Flintridge on the proposed project that would construct a tunnel connecting the I-710 and I-210 freeways in Pasadena. The Glendale News Press reported, in two separate stories, that opposition to the project is as strong as ever and that Caltrans […]

OC Uses Stimulus Funds for 91 Widening, Press Rejoices

By Damien Newton | Jun 1, 2009 | 5 Comments

Image: OC Register Trumpeting the dubious claim that the answer to regional car congestion is funding highway expansion, Orange County politicians and press are celebrating the federal government’s decision to allocate $68 million in stimulus funds for the expansion of the I-91 between Riverside County and the 241 Toll Road. As we’ve seen in the […]

Media Praises I-405 Widening Project, Tough Questions Unanswered

By Damien Newton | May 11, 2009 | 12 Comments

Photo: Gentleman of Sophistication and Refinement/Flickr Last Friday, local media outlets participated in a rally for the Sepulveda Pass Widening Project, that would widen the I-405 to connect carpool lanes between the I-10 and I-101, with Governor Schwarzenegger, Mayor Villaraigosa and various other union and public officials. Using an uncritical media to amplify their claims, […]

“New America Foundation” Columnist Calls for 710 Expansion

By Damien Newton | Jan 23, 2009 | 15 Comments

Via LA Observed Journalist and New America Foundation Senior Fellow Joe Matthews has a unique idea for how President Obama can rebuild the country’s infrastructure and stimulate the economy: build the I-710 Freeway Extension: The 710 is the main transportation artery out of America’s largest port, the Port of Long Beach. It’d be a big […]

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