These highways, streets like El Camino in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties and Santa Monica Blvd. in LA, serve downtowns and important commercial corridors throughout CA, making them incredibly capable of supporting additional housing.
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Additionally, these are among the deadliest streets in the state. In the Bay Area, the top five deadliest streets are all state owned Highways. Emphasizing the need for multimodal transportation along these roads.
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Additionally, these are among the hardest streets to improve, with safety projects often taking decades to be implemented. In large part, state ownership of these highways acts as a barrier to improvements because of bureaucracy and car-centric standards in caltrans
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Currently, local communities want to improve these streets, but face pushback from the state. It should be the other way around, with state wanting to improve the streets and the local communities happily allowing them.
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CA’s conventional highways are key parts of our communities and key parts of our lives. As CA continues to grow, much of this growth will be centered around these corridors. That is why I am calling on @cayimby.bsky.social to push forward legislation that will support growth and improve the streets
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