When voters approved Measure R in 2008, they were voting for a plan that proposed to raise sales taxes in Los Angeles County by a half-cent for 30 years. In return, voters would get about $40 billion in transit, road and other transportation improvements. But not $40 billion of fixes [continue reading]
There is a public hearing tonight in El Monte to discuss the environmental study of the ExpressLanes project, which will convert the carpool lane on parts of the 10 and 110 freeways into a lane single-occupant vehicles can use for a toll (most carpoolers will continue to travel for free). [continue reading]
The Westside Subway Extension launched a new Facebook page last week — a good way for Facebookers to easily get information about the project mixed in with status updates from friends and others. Think of it this way: At the same time it’s possible to learn your best buddy just [continue reading]
The Crenshaw Line light rail project isn’t scheduled to open until 2018 but the project is taking a small step forward today with the beginning of soil testing along the route. A fair amount of earth has to be moved as part of the project and, henceforth, Metro officials must [continue reading]
Metro’s contractor plans to place additional k-rail on the right-hand shoulder of the I-405 Freeway as part of the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Widening Project. Work will only be conducted on the I-405 between the I-10 and U.S. 101, and is scheduled to begin Monday, March 8 and last for about [continue reading]
Grinding and saw-cutting work is planned for the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Widening Project March 5 through 12. Metro’s contractor will be shaving and leveling out the road pavement on the right-hand shoulder of the freeway between Getty Center Drive and Ventura Boulevard in phases. Some ramp and lane closures [continue reading]
View Subway planning in a larger map The team of Metro staffers that are planning the Westside Subway Extension are holding a meeting on March 17 to discuss a significant issue: should the subway have a station at Wilshire and Crenshaw boulevards? Stations cost about $200 million to build and [continue reading]
In recent years, urban planners have been making a big push to locate new residential buildings as close to transit as possible. It’s certainly started to happen in Los Angeles County, with apartments and condos sprouting near rail lines in Hollywood, North Hollywood, Koreatown, Pasadena and downtown Los Angeles, to [continue reading]
I-405 restriping efforts, also referred to as traffic lane delineation, continue this week beginning Wednesday, March 3 for five nights, weather permitting. This work will be concentrated between National Boulevard and Skirball Center Drive. This segment of freeway work will require full freeway lane and ramp closures. Here’s the latest [continue reading]
Construction crews are beginning an important piece of work for the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Widening Project to add a northbound carpool lane between the 10 and 101 freeways. They will be actually relocating Sepulveda Boulevard to the east to make way for the planned 10-mile carpool lane between the I-10 [continue reading]
