San Francisco Community Denounces Recent CA Gov Authorization of Homeless Camp Sweeps
SAN FRANCISCO, CA– Recent initiatives to clear homeless encampments across California encouraged by California Gov. Gavin Newsom…
Guest Commentary: CTC Rejects Science & Climate Realities and Funds Yolo 80
CTC’s $105M highway widening grant shows it has lost the plot when it comes to following Governor Newsom’s…
GUEST COMMENTARY: Transparency Is the Gateway to Inclusivity – and Diversity
What message will the CTC send Thursday? By Alan Hirsch Letter to California Transportation Commission CTC@catc.ca.gov Chair…
Guest Commentary: Last Chance to Stop Yolo I-80 Widening & $10 Toll Lane
By Alan Hirsch At the California Transportation Commission (CTC) Meeting Thursday 5/16 they will vote to fund…
Guest Commentary: Tuesday Stealth Hearing on Tolls for I-80
$10+ tolls – but Tahoe Groups go free! By Alan Hirsch Policies that will decide how high…
Guest Commentary: Council: Science No Basis of Policy
Strategically withheld information encouraged inaction. By Alan Hirsch My beloved Davis has failed to accept the science…
Guest Commentary: Davis Council Fails to Support State Climate Policy
A secret plan to use 2021 Davis letter to support I-80? By Alan Hirsch On Tuesday March…
Guest Commentary: YoloTD Board Cuts Future Transit Funds by 60%
Is I-80 “Tolls for transit” argument just greenwashing? By Alan Hirsch At the January 9 2024 City…
Guest Commentary: Council Will Decide on I-80 Policy March 5
YoloTD cannot produce a financial forecast for $465m/project By Alan Hirsch On Tuesday, March 5 the Davis…
Guest Commentary: Caltrans Delays Sets Up I-80 Legal Crisis
No Public input & closed-door meetings for 2 years. By Alan Hirsch, Yolo Mobility I-80 Yolo was…
Guest Commentary: MLK’s Lesson on How Structural Change Can Happen Locally in Davis
By Alan Hirsch This year’s Davis city-sponsored Martin L. King celebration is on Peace Activism. It will…
Guest Commentary: Arnold Calls It ‘Insanity’ and Uses Caltrans Policy as Proof
I-80 Widening Discussed at Council Meeting by Alan Hirsch A Report on Tuesday 1/9 Davis City Council…
Guest Commentary: City Staff’s Critical Letter on I-80 before Council Tuesday – DEIR Not Reconciled with Climate Plan
Accepting DEIR to get $86 million fed money for auto widening turns Climate Plan into carbon off…
Letter: Effectiveness, Social Justice & the Freeway Widening
By Social Justice Committee, Congregation Bet Haverim The Congregation Bet Haverim Social Justice Committee submits this letter…
Guest Commentary: Buyer Beware – EIR on I-80 Contains Unreviewed Forecast on Benefits / Impact of I-80 Widening
By Alan Hirsch, YoloTD As you read this, the lengthy draft Environment Impact Report (EIR) for the…
Guest Commentary: Caltrans’ Own Charts Show Expanded Transit More Effective than Road Widening to Speed Travel
Caltrans’ own data: Average speed difference trivial if toll lanes added, HOV lanes don’t encourage carpooling, and…
Alan Hirsch Responds to Caltrans Revelations in POLITICO Article
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – For months now, Alan Hirsch has almost been…
POLITICO Story: Whistleblower Terminated for Complaining about Environmental Impacts of Freeway Expansion Project
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Local residents and the Davis City Council are…
Guest Commentary: I-80 News – Two Projects on Causeway; DEIR Release; Woodland – Traffic Congregation Not Relevant in EIR
By Alan Hirsch All the week’s News on I-80, as best I understand it. The Headlines. Draft…
Guest Commentary: Climate Science Wars Come to Davis
I-80 Elected Ignore UC Davis Studies By Alan Hirsch Will personal experience and intuition triumph over decades…
