UPDATE: Citations will begin Jan. 3, not Dec. 1, as we originally posted. Metro and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department have extended the warning period to January 3, 2022, before beginning to implement their photo enforcement program along Crenshaw Boulevard for the future Crenshaw/LAX light rail line. The photo enforcement [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]
Metro last month released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Report (DEIS/R) for the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor (WSAB) project, a planned light rail line connecting southeast L.A. County to downtown Los Angeles. The entire report is available here. You can also read this Source post that looks at the [continue reading]
As Los Angeles County reopens, it’s a good time to talk about a topic we’ve been able to avoid for the past year: traffic. Traffic is a complicated subject and there’s no one easy solution. Metro is working on a variety of projects that span all aspects of our transportation [continue reading]
Metro today held a ceremonial groundbreaking with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, UCLA and key local and federal officials to mark the start of major [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]
Metro and the city of Los Angeles are partnering to improve speed, frequency and reliability for the 12,000-plus passengers who ride Metro Line 200 and DASH buses along Alvarado Street. Join us Wednesday for this virtual community meeting on Zoom to learn more about the project: Wednesday, March 17, [continue reading]
L.A. traffic is a big problem. While the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced traffic congestion for the moment, traffic is likely to return as the pandemic eases, the economy improves, and [continue reading]
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been receiving questions about the I-605 Corridor Improvement Project. In particular, many of the questions concern whether properties would need to be acquired and demolished to build the project. Before going any further, we want to be abundantly clear: Metro has made no decisions [continue reading]
Metro will hold four virtual public workshops, from September 30 through October 6, to provide details on the agency’s Traffic Reduction Study. The approximately two-year study will focus on determining if, where and how a potential pilot program that includes congestion pricing and more high-quality transportation options could reduce traffic [continue reading]
