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Caltrans and MTC Hold Greenwashing Panel for North Bay Freeway Widening
SR 37 is going to be under water. But the Metropolitan Transportation Commission just agreed to flush another $11.6 Million into the state transportation agency's $500 million project to widen it. But it'll save the salt marsh harvest mouse according to the agencies.
April 23, 2026
Judge Blasts, Approves, I-80 Causeway Widening Between Davis and Sacramento
Caltrans wins. The environment loses.
The post Judge Blasts, Approves, I-80 Causeway Widening Between Davis and Sacramento appeared first on Streetsblog California.
August 19, 2025
Commentary: The French City of Lyon Shows How to Connect Oakland and Western Alameda
An amazing 24/7 bike-ped-transit connection can be made for pennies on the dollar—if the Bay Area can get past its car-brain affliction
July 15, 2025
Call to Action: Car Brains Try to Remove San Mateo Committee Member for Opposing Widenings
Mike Swire fought highway widening, so asphalt-addicted bullies want him kicked off the San Mateo Transportation Authority Community Advisory Committee
July 10, 2025
Caltrans and Riverside County Project Would Expand the 15 Freeway
The I-15 Express Lanes Project Southern Extension (ELPSE) would convert 15 miles of the existing 6-lane freeway to 10 and 11 lanes
The post Caltrans and Riverside County Project Would Expand the 15 Freeway appeared first on Streetsblog California.
May 19, 2025
Legislation Moves in Assembly to Loosen Environmental Regulations on Proposed Widening of SR 37
In 2023, the state passed a law to make it easier to build water and clean energy projects. Now some Assemblymembers want it to apply to a highway widening through environmentally sensitive marsh land.
April 30, 2025
To Oakland’s Incoming District 2 Councilperson Charlene Wang: Help Stop this Freeway Widening
Oakland and the rest of the Bay Area can't move towards safer streets until they stop moving backwards
April 24, 2025
City of San Mateo Says ‘No More Freeway Widening’
Finally, a city council that gets the utter futility of widening to solve traffic
April 8, 2025
Video: Why We Need a Global Freeway Fighters’ Network
A terrible project in Berlin shows the need for a global network to support local freeway fighters everywhere.
Eric Doherty
January 13, 2025
