Transportation

Rocklin works toward federal funding for long-planned I-80/Rocklin Road interchange project

Yolo 80 express lanes one step closer as toll policies move ahead

The Capital Area Regional Tolling Authority (CARTA) closed out its final meeting of 2025 with two decisions that move the Yolo 80 express lanes another step toward operation. Directors finalized how the lanes will function and gave the go-ahead to launch a key contract needed to run the tolling

Placer Parkway’s first phase set to break ground in 2026.

Placer County supervisors have officially cleared the way for construction to begin on Phase I of the Placer Parkway, a long-planned regional expressway that will connect State Route 65 in Rocklin to Highways 70/99 in Sutter County. The Board of Supervisors approved three key actions during its October

A decade later, Rancho Cordova’s long-promised Highway 50 interchange is finally moving forward.

A decade after Gold River residents packed City Hall to protest it, the long-planned U.S. 50/Rancho Cordova Parkway Interchange is finally moving forward — this time with renewed funding, final design work underway, and a city that looks very different from when the project was first approved. Back

Elk Grove seeks public feedback on Blue Line extension.

Elk Grove is weighing how to move people more efficiently as the city grows south. The question is whether to extend light rail from Cosumnes River College further down Bruceville Road and Big Horn Boulevard or to build a bus rapid transit system that could cover the same corridor with

Sacramento’s first express lanes are coming to I-80 and U.S. 50. Here’s who won’t have to pay.

Sacramento’s new regional toll authority is still years away from collecting its first dollar, but the debate over who pays—and who doesn’t—has already begun. On September 5, the Capital Area Regional Tolling Authority (CARTA) voted to make express lanes free for carpools of three or more

The Capital SouthEast Connector: A partial revival of Sacramento’s forgotten beltway.

In the decades following World War II, Sacramento's future appeared destined to unfold along an ambitious web of highways. City planners and state engineers envisioned a comprehensive network of beltways, bypasses, and expressways designed to accommodate the capital's postwar growth and transform it into a well-

Southbound deck teardown begins on Business 80’s American River Bridge overhaul.

The American River Bridge deck replacement project is now in its third and final stage, with crews currently demolishing the existing concrete deck on the southbound lanes. Construction on the $216 million project began in early 2022. The first stage involved building a new substructure to support widening the bridge

Placer County looks to federal grant and tolling strategy for Highway 65 expansion.

After the narrow defeat of Measure B in November 2024, Placer County officials are actively pursuing alternative funding avenues to address critical transportation infrastructure needs in the region. Measure B was a proposed half-cent sales tax intended to generate approximately $1.58 billion over the following 30 years for

Sacramento Region on the fast track to toll lanes.

For residents living in the Sacramento region, the question of whether toll lanes will be implemented is no longer a matter of if, but when. Construction is expected to begin this month on the Yolo 80 Corridor Improvements Project, which will widen Interstate 80 from six to eight lanes between

Derek Minnema discusses the 34-mile Southeast Connector linking Elk Grove, Rancho & Folsom.

The Capital SouthEast Connector is the largest approved transportation project in the Sacramento region. Spanning 34 miles, the project aims to link Interstate 5 at Hood Franklin Road and Highway 99 near Grant Line Road to Highway 50 at the Silva Valley Parkway interchange. The multi-lane expressway will connect

Roseville Parkway Extension Project nears completion.