The Draft Environmental Impact Report/ Environmental Assessment (EIR/EA), Project Report, Concept of Operations, and Traffic and Revenue Study for the I-105 ExpressLanes Project will be available for public review and comment on the project website beginning Friday, May 22, 2020, through Monday, July 6, 2020. The supporting Draft EIR/EA and Project [continue reading]
FINAL UPDATE: repairs have been completed and Green Line will run regular service on Monday, Aug. 27. UPDATE, 1 a.m. Aug. 25: Service to all stations will resume with start of service on Saturday, Aug. 25. Trains share one track between Vermont/Athens and Crenshaw/105 as repair work continues. Trains will [continue reading]
Studies are beginning for a key Measure M project to convert the HOV lanes to ExpressLanes on the 105 freeway for 15.7 miles between the 405 and the 605 freeways. The studies will be looking at the impact of making that change. The ExpressLanes on the 10 and 110 freeways [continue reading]
(pdf here) Lots of interestingness in the above report that covers the fiscal year from July 1, 2016, through June 30 of this year. The ExpressLanes give single-occupant vehicles the chance to use the HOV lanes for a toll; carpoolers generally travel for free. Some brief history: the Metro ExpressLanes [continue reading]
ICYMI: I was a little surprised I didn’t get more push back or comments on last week’s How We Roll that posed the question whether driving was getting any cheaper. [continue reading]
One in a series of posts that will look at projects and programs that would receive funding from the Measure M sales tax ballot measure on the Nov. 8 ballot. What [continue reading]
The above motion is to be considered by the Metro Board of Directors at their meeting Thursday. With the ExpressLanes being made permanent earlier this year on the 10 and 110 freeways, the motion asks Metro to begin studying other potential freeway corridors where congestion pricing may work. The Board this summer [continue reading]
The above motion is scheduled to be considered by the Metro Board of Directors this month — the motion seeks to launch environmental studies of adding ExpressLanes to the 105 freeway, with an initial segment between the 405 and 605 freeways. To be perfectly clear: the motion concerns more studies [continue reading]
Earlier this afternoon, a private vehicle struck the platform for the northbound Harbor Transitway station at the 105 freeway, injuring six or seven people, according to authorities and media reports. Service alerts are posted on the Metro.net homepage, on the MetroAlert Twitter feed or can be received by text message. [continue reading]
photos by Chris Valle, via his Flickr page and photography website The top photo is of the 105-405 interchange, the photo below of the 105-110 junction. From a transportation standpoint, they are two of the busier interchanges in the region — the Green Line passes through both — and [continue reading]
