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Authorities today identified a man who was struck by a car and killed while walking on the 710 Freeway with another man, who was also struck by the vehicle but survived.

Trade & Transportation

February 28, 2018

Displacement Worries Those Whose Homes, Businesses Could Be In the 710 Expansion’s Path As Metro Board Heads to a Vote

by Jason Ruiz in Trade & Transportation

The plan to widen the 710 Freeway will likely take another step forward when the full Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board (Metro) votes Thursday morning.

Streets & Urban Design

February 28, 2018

Motion Seeks to Ease Tensions Over 710 Expansion by Focusing on Displacement Elimination, Community Enhancements

by Brian Addison in Streets & Urban Design

For our full coverage on the 710 Freeway project, click here. **** Photo by Brian Addison. After concerns about everything from further marginalizing West Long Beach to a lack of support for the staff recommendation to move forward with option...

Opinion, Streets & Urban Design

February 23, 2018

Lack of Uproar in Long Beach Over the 710 Freeway Expansion—With 400 People Being Displaced—Is Egregious

by Brian Addison in Opinion, Streets & Urban Design

For our full coverage on the 710 Freeway project, click here. **** Photo by Brian Addison. This piece entirely altered within the span of two minutes while on my walk to work this morning. Its original headline was going...

Opinion, Streets & Urban Design

February 15, 2018

With Committees Declining to Accept 710 Expansion Recommendation as Is, Vote Goes to Board March 1

by Brian Addison in Opinion, Streets & Urban Design

Additional reporting by Joe Linton. Photo by Brian Addison. Graphic below courtesy of Metro. I’ve railed against the 710 expansion project because, in all sincerity, it’s not only ridiculous but archaic form of infrastructure. Even with two committees, largely...

Opinion, Streets & Urban Design, Transit

January 25, 2018

Metro & Caltrans Want You to Believe the 710 Expansion Is Good—Here’s Why It’s Not Good at All

by Brian Addison in Opinion, Streets & Urban Design, Transit

I’ve been writing about the 710 Freeway expansion project since 2013 and in those five years, one thing is clear: the possible expansion is not just a random, asphalt-driven undertaking; it is one of the largest infrastructural proposals in...

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