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Aaron Steffans has grown accustomed to driving a changed Interstate 215 on his twice-weekly trips from Adelanto in the High Desert down into the San Bernardino Valley. Construction clutter from widening the freeway for the past five years has meant drivers have been one place one day, and on another strip of concrete the next. Continue reading

A dispute by a Riverside environmental group and transportation planners appears headed for the courtroom, potentially delaying a long-sought extension of Metrolink service to Perris. In a statement, the Riverside County Transportation Commission said Thursday that negotiations between the agency and Friends of Riverside Hills over the environmental report for the Perris Valley Line had Continue reading

Faced with a half-trillion dollars in Southern California transportation needs through 2035, officials Thursday called for higher gas taxes or a shift to a fee drivers would pay based on how far they drive. “Without investment, our plans are just empty promises on paper,” said Simi Valley Councilman Glen Becerra, incoming president of the Southern Continue reading

Those hoping for a break from construction along Highway 91 in Riverside are going to have to wait a few years. Commuters are going to face closed bridges and blocked entrance and exit ramps soon as work begins in earnest later this week to widen the freeway from the 60/91/215 interchange west to Adams Street. Continue reading

After months of wrangling, lawmakers earlier this month appeared on the verge of compromise for a long-term plan for funding the nation’s highway and transit projects when the Democrat-controlled Senate passed its transportation bill. But the Republican-led House of Representatives balked at the plan, and officials opted for a three-month extension of the current bill. Continue reading

McMahon might not notice it, but there is one problem: After decades of work, the trail envisioned from Redlands to Newport Beach is still not finished, and flood-control projects along the route will lead to possible delays and movement of the pathway. The largest section of the trail — a nearly 20-mile stretch from Riverside Continue reading

Gasoline prices well above $4 have had the predictable effect of boosting ridership, filling Riverside Transit Agency buses to record levels for February. The agency reported 758,511 riders hopped on buses last month, a 15.2 percent increase compared to February 2011 and the first time ridership for that month has ever exceeded 700,000. via RIVERSIDE Continue reading

Day Nguyen’s lunchtime trips to Riverside Plaza are a lot easier now that an underpass along Magnolia Avenue means she doesn’t wait for trains, she said. “I hated it,” said Nguyen, 20. “I’d be sitting there for, like, 10 minutes watching the train go by … and then wait for lights to change.” Train delays Continue reading

Nothing might ever replace Interstate 10 through the San Gorgonio Pass in the event of an emergency, but many changes are needed so a 25-mile backup like one last month never happens again, Riverside County and state lawmakers said Thursday. “We’re making lemonade out of lemons here,” said Assemblyman Brian Nestande, R-Palm Desert. via THE Continue reading

Raymond Wolfe, the Caltrans district director for Riverside and San Bernardino counties, will be the new head of San Bernardino Associated Governments.The agencys board approved Wolfes appointment Wednesday morning, but he does not take the helm of the countys planning and transportation commission until April 9. via REGION: Caltrans official named to head planning agency Continue reading