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…
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…