Metro and Caltrans are working on plans to convert the HOV lanes on the 10 freeway to ExpressLanes from the 605 freeway to the San Bernardino County Line. The alternatives to be studied include, but are not limited to: •No build, i.e. leave the HOV lanes as they are. •Converting [continue reading]
Metro on Wednesday celebrated the groundbreaking for the I-5 North County Enhancements Project, which will improve the operations and safety of the I-5 freeway for motorists in the Santa Clarita [continue reading]
Metro is extending the comment period on the I-405 Sepulveda Pass ExpressLanes project from 30 days to 60 days, through October 1, 2021, to allow more time for the public to submit their scoping comments. The project proposes to build ExpressLanes on the 405 between the 10 and 101 freeways. [continue reading]
UPDATE, AUG. 17: Metro is extending the comment period on the I-405 Sepulveda Pass ExpressLanes project from 30 days to 60 days, now through October 1, 2021, to allow more time for the public to submit their scoping comments. Here’s the original blog post from Aug. 3: Metro and Caltrans [continue reading]
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]
L.A. Metro Receives $47 Million U.S. DOT Grant to Bring Traffic Relief to Interstate 5 in Santa Clarita Valley The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has received a $47 million Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to address Interstate 5’s chronic congestion [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors approved a plan Thursday to begin charging solo motorists in clean air vehicles a discounted toll to use the ExpressLanes on the 10 and 110 freeways, beginning in late 2018. Under the change, drivers in clean air vehicles without enough passengers to meet HOV occupancy [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]
Embed from Getty Images Ah, the good ol’ carpool lane, often the saving grace on a hellacious cross-county commute. That is until your cruise past traffic comes to a grinding [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]
