Tag: Regional Transportation Plan

  • Environmentalists Push for Alternatives to Adding Lanes to Route 94

    An aerial view of state Route 94 is shown as it runs through San Diego in this undated photo. | Photo Credit: FLICKR By Erik Anderson Community advocates are urging the San Diego City Council to push a plan that calls for alternatives to expanding state Route 94. Advocates are asking the council to reach…

  • What the Region’s Transportation Strategy Means for One City Heights Commuter

    City Heights resident Eva Luna begins the 2.5-mile walk to get to her job as a nanny in Kensington, May 6, 2015. She doesn’t have a car and says walking is faster than taking the bus. | Photo Credit: Katie Schoolov By Claire Trageser It takes City Heights resident Eva Luna more than an hour…

  • SANDAG Agrees to Negotiate

    By Tom Fudge This week a judge struck down SANDAG’s 40-year transportation plan. Friday morning, the planning agency’s board met in closed session, then released a statement saying SANDAG would seek a settlement with plaintiffs. But they did not rule out the possibility of a court appeal. The agency’s Regional Transportation Plan outlines construction projects…

  • Video: SANDAG Plan Derailed

    Jack Shu, a member of the board of directors for the Cleveland National Forest Foundation, talks to KPBS about his organization’s lawsuit against SANDAG’s regional transportation plan. By Maureen Cavanaugh, Megan Burke and Peggy Pico Click here to listen to the KPBS Midday Edition segment Earlier this week, a San Diego Superior Court judge ruled…

  • Public Transit is Having a Moment

    By Andrew Keatts It’s been a good couple weeks for San Diego public transit advocates. In addition to their big win over the San Diego Association of Government’s 40-year transportation plan, two like-minded leaders have ascended to the top of city leadership: Mayor Bob Filner and City Council President Todd Gloria, respectively. “It does all…