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]
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]
The Metro ExpressLanes pilot project released its first performance report on Wednesday, offering a statistical look at how the project is faring on the 110 freeway. The ExpressLanes on the 10 just opened in mid-February and those lanes will be evaluated in future reports. Metro and Caltrans officials stress [continue reading]
With clear skies above and a sound weather forecast, everything looks like a go for the ExpressLanes on the I-10 to officially begin at 12:01 a.m. tonight. Or to put it another way, if you want to use the lanes after midnight tonight, you need to have a transponder in [continue reading]
The ExpressLanes on the 10 freeway are scheduled to open at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, weather permitting. There is a press event Friday morning at the new El Monte Station — adjacent to the ExpressLanes — but I wanted to put the word out early that motorcycles no longer need FasTrak [continue reading]
The ExpressLanes on the 10 freeway are scheduled to open at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, weather permitting. While the concept is the same as the existing ExpressLanes on the 110 freeway, there are some similarities and differences. The big similarity: if you plan to use the lanes in [continue reading]
The Metro Board agreed to hold a motion for 60 days — until the March Board meeting — by Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky that proposes to eliminate the $3 monthly maintenance fee on FasTrak accounts that use the ExpressLanes three or fewer times per month. This will give Metro staff time [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metro: More than 80,000 FasTrak® ExpressLanes Transponders Issued; Numerous Discounts Offered Metro ExpressLanes to Debut Along 14 miles of the I-10 San Bernardino Freeway on Saturday, February 23 Following on the heels of the successful opening late last year of 11-miles of Metro ExpressLanes along [continue reading]
Staff report on FasTrak maintenance fee by In December, Supervisor and Metro Board Member Zev Yaroslavsky submitted a motion to the Metro Board to eliminate the $3 account maintenance fee for ExpressLanes customers. The fee has yet to go into effect — it won’t until the ExpressLanes open on the [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. How L.A.’s first toll road could help reduce traffic (KCET [continue reading]
