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Despite public pleas to stop spending on highway expansion, pro-expansion forces still take the day.

The post Transportation Commission: Touting Active Transportation, Approving Highway Expansions appeared first on Streetsblog California.

Meeting California’s ambitious climate goals will require getting people out of cars and on to trains and buses. That shift could require as much as a five-fold to ten-fold increase in transit ridership above pre-COVID levels by 2045.

The post With a New Statewide Task Force, California Is Getting Real about Transit Transformation appeared first on Streetsblog California.

Caltrans wants advance funding for a project that hasn't completed the environmental evaluation process, and about which there are serious questions.

The post CTC This Week: Caltrans Will Push for Funding for Flawed Yolo Causeway Project appeared first on Streetsblog California.

Caltrans districts and local cities have bike and pedestrian safety plans, but too often Caltrans uses excuses - including cost and delay - to avoid following them. This bill would stop that practice.

The post CalBike Summit Preview: Complete Streets Bill Would Require Caltrans to Implement Its Own Policies appeared first on Streetsblog California.

A ribbon-cutting to mark the "beginning of a truly integrated transportation system" in California.

The post California Transportation Agencies Celebrate New CA-Made San Joaquin Train Sets appeared first on Streetsblog California.

The Transportation Equity Index maps out crash rates and creates a new way to map out multimodal access

The post California Launches New Transportation Equity Tool appeared first on Streetsblog California.

So is Senator Scott Wiener's Complete Streets bill necessary? Yes, it is.

The post Caltrans Releases Long-Awaited Complete Streets Guidelines appeared first on Streetsblog California.

Commissioners had already made up their minds to approve, and cut short questions from Commissioner Joe Lyou to get it over with

The post CTC Approves Controversial I-15 Expansion, After All appeared first on Streetsblog California.

In Fresno, a court case against a highway widening meets an unexpected legal hurdle. Instead of just completing a public health impact study, Caltrans wants the court to dismiss a case on technical grounds.

The post Caltrans Asks Fresno Judge to Toss Highway Lawsuit on Legal Technicality appeared first on Streetsblog California.