Road Transportation

Alter CEQA but don't weaken it

2013-05-20 00:00:00

Does California's signature environmental law protect the state's air, water and wilderness by acting as a check on runaway projects proposed by overzealous developers? Or does it encourage baseless lawsuits that unfairly delay and even derail...

Mayor candidates on transportation: innovation vs. tried and true

2013-05-18 18:25:00

During eight years in office, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa staked much of his legacy on transportation. He lobbied Washington for millions of dollars in federal funding. He oversaw the addition of 150 miles of bike lanes. And, five years ago, he...

Castaic brush fire 80% contained; one lane of 5 Freeway closed

2013-05-14 07:53:00

One lane of the northbound 5 Freeway in the Castaic area will remain closed until about 3 p.m. Tuesday as fire officials work on a brush fire that burned about 50 acres, authorities said. The fire was more than 80% contained Tuesday morning, according...

L.A. full of roads to ruin for cars

2013-05-04 18:47:00

A drive along Angus Street in hilly Silver Lake requires navigating a gantlet of buckled concrete slabs and dirt-filled cracks. But on South Seabluff Drive in Playa Vista the ride is smooth, the pavement is black and you can smell the fresh asphalt....

Furloughs over, so air controllers (and flights) back on schedule

2013-04-29 10:22:00

A week after federal officials launched job furloughs at air traffic control towers, the controllers are back on a regular work schedule -- and airline delays are now caused primarily by severe weather. The number of delays over the week averaged...

Toll lane transponder fee suspended for L.A. County residents

2013-04-25 22:23:00

A controversial monthly fee tied to Los Angeles County's new toll lane system was suspended Thursday after a lengthy discussion and divided vote by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board. For the next six months, Los Angeles County residents...

405 project stuck in the slow lane

2013-04-24 17:56:00

Elon Musk quips that it's easier getting rockets into orbit than navigating his commute between home in Bel-Air and his Space Exploration Technologies factory in Hawthorne. "The 405 … varies from bad to horrendous," said Musk, who also co-founded...

Study: Yes, L.A. has the worst traffic in the country -- again

2013-04-24 04:00:00

Los Angeles has reclaimed the dubious honor of having the worst traffic in the United States, according to an annual congestion scorecard. The report, from data company Inrix, reaffirms what many Angelenos already believe: that L.A. has the worst...

For whom the tolls toll

2013-04-20 06:51:00

Angelenos like their freeways to be free (although they differ on what it means for highway access to be free). That's the sentiment expressed by the half a dozen reader responses to USC public policy professor Peter Gordon's letter last Saturday urging...

Suit filed to stop air traffic controller furloughs

2013-04-19 18:55:00

Pilots and a top airline group have filed a lawsuit to stop the federal government from cutting work hours for air traffic controllers this weekend, saying the furloughs will lead to travel delays of up to an hour across the country. Airlines for...

Letters: Give the 110 toll lane more time

2013-04-13 00:00:00

Re "Free way's the slow way," April 10 It's a pity we call them "freeways." Free access means rationing by crowding rather than by price (the way almost everything else is rationed). Everyone gripes about crowding and, as some of those quoted in this...

Elon Musk really, really hates traffic jams

2013-04-25 13:10:00

Apparently, billionaire Elon Musk is channeling John F. Kennedy, who famously intoned, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” Musk, who wasn’t even born when Kennedy gave his inaugural...

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2013-04-11 09:54:00

Workers prepare to pour concrete as they work on the northern side of the westbound lanes of Route 22. They continue to work even as westbound traffic motors by them.

2013-04-11 00:00:00

Kristi Lafleur, executive director of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, has been named to the board of directors for the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, a global alliance of toll operators and related companies.

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