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…
GUEST COMMENTARY: Confirmation Bias and City Council Culture
Can we learn anything from Davis History? By Alan Hirsch The Davis Council on 7/18 approved building…
Guest Commentary: Muni Bonds to Fund I-80 Widening?
Environmentalists ask I-80 EIR to study sustainable options. By Alan Hirsch The Yolo County Transportation District (YoloTD)…
Breaking: Yolo I-80 Widening Not Funded!
Advocates Who Steamrolled Project Scramble to Save It by Alan Hirsch The Yolo I-80 widening project was…
Guest Commentary: Make Transit & Walkable Communities a Priority, Not Just a Mitigation for Freeway Widening.
TO Mayor Will Arnold and Members Davis City Council From: Judy Corbett, Professor Steven Wheeler, Alan Pryor,…
Guest Commentary: Caltrans Games System to Get Another ‘Environmental’ Award for Highway Widening
Why actually try to fight global warming and make a more sustainable future when you can just…
Guest Commentary: Be Wary of Caltrans Pattern of Science Denial on GHG
Open letter to Davis BTSSC (Transportation Commission) To: Chair Jessica Jacobs and members, Davis BTSSC RE: Potential…
Richards Boulevard Interchange Improvements Project Moves to Final Initial Study
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A critical project for Davis, the Richards Blvd….
Review: CalTrans and the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis (ITS-Davis) Report That More Roads Mean More Traffic
Posted by Matt Williams Caltrans Planning Horizons: Induced Vehicle Travel in the Environmental Review Process https://ncst.ucdavis.edu/events/caltrans-planning-horizons-induced-vehicle-travel-environmental-review-process Empirical…
City Laid Out a Reconfigured Mace Blvd on Thursday; Now Goes to Council
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor At a community meeting on Thursday, the city presented a newly-configured…
$86 Million Approved to Upgrade the I-80 Corridor in Yolo County
By David M. Greenwald Yolo County – With the economy re-opening, the reprieve that Davis felt for…
My View: The Proposed Fixes by Caltrans May Not Correct Traffic Problems in Davis
On Thursday Caltrans had an open house to discuss proposed fixes to the freeway. While the format…
Caltrans Hosts Open House to Discuss Corridor Improvement Project
It has gone from an afterthought to one of the biggest issues in town. The impact of…
Thursday’s Caltrans Workshop Key to Davis Growth and Climate Future
By Alan Hirsch On Thursday Caltrans will hold a workshop on the future of the I-80 corridor,…
Mace Blvd Redesign Comes Back before Council
Staff will be looking for direction from council as to what alternative to move forward with in…
200 Show Up at Pioneer Demanding the City Change Mace Back
It was large crowd, at times angry, as many of them were not going to be satisfied…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Friday Traffic Was a Bear and It’s Getting Worse
A lot of blame got thrown the way of the city on reconfiguring Mace Boulevard, but as…
Commentary: Don’t Fix the Road because It Might Lead to Development
There are multiple problems with the Richards corridor in Davis. The most notable is that the number…
Richards Blvd. Interchange Improvements to Proceed
On consent this week, city staff is asking the council to authorize “initial work on Richards Boulevard…
