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“Commissioners once again have bowed down to the flawed mythology that adding lanes to highways reduces traffic congestion, this time at a cost of over $600 million" -- Jeanie Ward-Waller, ClimatePlan. Full statement from the coalition at the link below: climateplan.org/ca_transportat…

The California Transportation Commission has rubber stamped six project opposed by a broad coalition of environmental and transportation groups. The $600m in projects will not solve congestion, but will move us further away from our climate goals. More later...

We're at the California Transportation Commission hearing right now--standing up against wasteful highway expansion projects!

More coverage of the fight against boondoggle highway expansion, this time in @politico. "There’s so much focus right now on gas prices, and we’re not doing anything to give people affordable options.” politico.com/newsletters/ca…

A presentation admitting that Hwy 37 will be underwater in 15 years suddenly disappears from the CTC website before a key vote? Hmmmm....cal.streetsblog.org/2025/06/23/cal…

Powerful op-ed in today's @sfchronicle: "Adding freeway lanes doesn’t fix traffic. Why does California keep wasting billions on it?" CA set to throw $1.25B on projects that won't relieve traffic, but will hurt climate. sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…

📷 Our own Jeanie Ward-Waller in the @sacbee_news today on the proposed Hwy 37 expansion in Sonoma/Napa: “The bigger concern is just dumping half a billion dollars into the ocean.” #boondoggle sacbee.com/news/local/tra…

The California Transportation Commission is set to vote on $600 in boondoggle projects that will do nothing to reduce traffic congestion. Our coalition is speaking out. climateplan.org/ctcjune2025

Our friends at @TransFormCA ask you to speak out against the boondoggle expansion of State Route 37. $73m to widen a road that will be underwater in 15 years and won't solve traffic congestion anyway? Nope. #action" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">transformca.org/beyond-highway…

Hard to think of a bigger boondoggle than the Hwy 37 widening project. Millions of $$$ on a road that will be underwater in 15 years. calmatters.org/politics/2025/…

#SouthFresno residents continued their fight against polluting highway expansions this week by calling into the @California_CTC hearing on funding for the @CaltransHQ Highway 99 interchange expansion project through the State Transportation Improvement Program.

ClimatePlan Executive Director @nailahph just now addressing the @California_CTC with reflections on the Equity Advisory Committee, receiving a standing ovation

Not only is SoCal’s regional rail falling off a literal cliff, but it’s also facing a fiscal one la.streetsblog.org/2024/01/24/sou…

As CA considers scaling back vital climate programs due to budget restrictions, it’s time to take a closer look at where our transportation dollars are going! 🌎‼️ NGP’s @jme_pew shares why @California_CTC must practice oversight in @StreetsblogCal below: cal.streetsblog.org/2024/01/24/cal…

CA is facing its worst deficit in 30 years and a climate crisis, but the state is still spending $billions on highway expansions. I'm in Streetsblog this morning pointing out that the CA Transportation Commission exists precisely for moments like this. cal.streetsblog.org/2024/01/24/cal…

“For all of the money that we're investing in new transit infrastructure, electrification... as long as we continue to invest in freeway expansion, we're not going to see the progress in emissions that we need to see.” - Me, in Heatmap from @emilypont heatmap.news/politics/state…

Thanks for joining us today for our conversation on keeping CA accountable on climate! That's it from us today, but feel free to keep the conversation going and scroll back through to see our questions #CAClimateBudget

@climateplan @sacbike @ActiveSGV @MoveLATransit @NextGen_Policy @TransForm_Alert @TransbayC @nailahph @LCJandA Creating state and regional capacity for project delivery is particularly important for our ability to build large transit capital projects - which could have a huge climate benefit - more quickly and cost-effectively. Identify the key agencies that should house this capacity.