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A 25-mile backup of cars Sunday on Interstate 10 in Banning has Caltrans officials apologizing for a calamitous delay that trapped some drivers on the freeway for hours and sent others back to the Coachella Valley to find circuitous alternate routes. “Boy, it was nasty,” said Chris Faber, 66, a Murrieta resident who was briefly Continue reading

Aside from grumbling about how they wished Caltrans would have done it sooner, drivers are applauding a decision to open the car pool lanes along Highway 60 in Moreno Valley to solo drivers during non-peak hours.But officials are cautiously optimistic of the success thus far, saying the benefits are still being evaluated and that drivers Continue reading

A bottleneck that has frustrated downtown Riverside commuters for years could be fixed, starting early next year, when officials widen a heavily used section of southbound Interstate 215. Riverside County Transportation officials on Thursday approved a plan to spend $2 million to widen the southbound side of the freeway — also Highway 60 eastbound — Continue reading

A need to improve fuel economy, among other changes in new vehicles, is turning spare tires into a real fifth wheel of modern cars. One many manufacturers are leaving out. Starting this year, automakers have to achieve a fleet fuel average of 29.7 miles per gallon of gasoline, rising to 34.1 mpg by 2016. In Continue reading

It might be bad for crops and water levels, but the weak winter is a windfall for area roads. Crews responsible for building and maintaining Inland-area streets and highways are advancing long-sought projects as opposed to patching up pocked, soaked and cracked roads. via INLAND: Mild winter gives road crews a break | Breaking News Continue reading

A project to widen Highway 91 in Riverside will cost between $17 million and $21 million more than initially estimated because the job’s low bidder has been disqualified. Officials opened bids Dec. 8 for the project to add car pool lanes along six miles of east- and westbound Highway 91 from Adams Street to the Continue reading

Transportation planners once dreamed that super-fast trains would whisk Southern Californians at more than 300 mph across the Mojave Desert to Las Vegas. But the idea of a magnetic levitation train didn’t stick around for long in regional transportation plans developed by the Southern California Association of Governments. Local planners instead are concentrating on connections Continue reading

A deluge of freight forecast to clog Southern California freeways has regional transportation planners pursuing a plan for a truck-only east-west freeway between two major interstates. But it’s running into stiff opposition along the way. As part of a sweeping regional 30-year transportation plan under review, officials are considering a cargo highway between Interstate 710 Continue reading

On days when her husband can’t drop her off at the downtown Riverside Metrolink station, Corrine Welsh boards a bus for the trip down Magnolia Avenue from her house near Riverside Plaza. It’s just the beginning of a long day of hopping from bus to train to bus, all with different schedules and monthly passes Continue reading

Riverside County transportation officials are trumpeting transit benefits associated with the region’s largest road expansion project in hopes of securing a nearly $500 million loan from federal officials. The plan to build toll lanes along Highway 91 through Corona in the past has focused on adding freeway capacity for commuters driving to Orange County. Now Continue reading