The Metro Board of Directors last Thursday approved a $679 million life-of-project budget for the I-5 North County Enhancements Project. This project is designed to improve the operations and safety of the freeway corridor, improve the movement of freight and people, and accommodate expected growth between Santa Clarita and Castaic [continue reading]
I’ve been AWOLish the past 10 days, so lots of catching up to do… Things to read whilst transiting: I don’t know why the New Yorker continues to give away [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Caltrans:
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Hit-and-runs take a rising toll on cyclists (L.A. Times) Using data from the CHP, the Times found that hit-and-run collisions involving cyclists increased 42 percent [continue reading]
We posted last year about a Measure R project to add tolled HOV lanes to 13.5 miles of the 5 freeway in the Santa Clarita Valley between the 14 freeway and Parker Road. Vehicles with one or two occupants would pay a toll while vehicles with three or more occupants could use [continue reading]
2013-05-31 Request for Qualifications (RFQ) Metro’s highway program quietly reached a milestone on Friday when the agency officially posted online a solicitation to firms to be considered to both build and help finance a project that would add 13.5 miles of HOV/toll lanes to the 5 freeway between the 14 freeway and [continue reading]
I-5 HOT lanes meeting notice The meeting notice is above; the meeting is from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. this Thursday, March 28, at Santa Clarita City Hall in the Council chambers. The project proposes to accelerate the construction of 13.5 miles of HOV lanes by making them HOT lanes [continue reading]
Metro this month is providing key details on plans to accelerate an important Measure R project for northern Los Angeles County. The project would add carpool lanes for 13.5 miles in both directions to Interstate 5 through the Santa Clarita area. A toll for vehicles with one or two occupants [continue reading]
Metro issued a long news release today about its highway program — specifically the many projects either underway or in the planning stage. As the release states, Metro’s highway program is often overlooked because of the agency’s transit programs. But the highway program is important. The most recent Census Bureau [continue reading]
photo by Mick ㋡rlosky, via Flickr We haven’t featured a freeway for some time in “the art of transit.” But given the weather we’re about to experience, I thought this shot taken last October of the Golden State Freeway south of Santa Clarita was an appropriate choice. It was taken [continue reading]
