How We Roll, Feb. 8: ExpressLanes tolls, oil tax & connecting communities
Update: How We Roll’s Super Bowl prediction of Panthers winning 45-10 was only incorrect by 49 points! Two train honks and bus horn beeps for Broncos fans who partake in [continue reading]
New Metro video shows how to use El Monte Bike Hub
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrICAz4YUd8] Metro’s Bike Program has produced a slick new video that shows how to use the “Metro Bike Hub” at the El Monte Station. Read the earlier opening announcement on the Source here. The video is portrayed as a scavenger hunt, with characters “Cassandra” and “Akira” looking for their [continue reading]
Free bike safety classes for the weekend of Sept. 12 – 13
There’s only a few more weekends left to take advantage of the free bicycle safety classes taking place around L.A. County. For those unfamiliar with the Metro funded classes that have [continue reading]
Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority marks completion of Baldwin Avenue grade separation project
Officials gathered in the City of El Monte this morning to celebrate the completion of the Baldwin Avenue grade separation project, a project of the Alameda Corridor-East (ACE) Construction Authority. Metro [continue reading]
Construction commences on Transit-Oriented Gateway Project in El Monte
Renderings by MVE Institutional, Inc., courtesy of City of El Monte. The City of El Monte broke ground today on the Gateway Project, which promises to bring affordable housing, retail and restaurant space next to Metro’s El Monte Bus Station. It’s great to see more transit oriented development happening in [continue reading]
Alameda Corridor East: Construction begins on four-lane roadway underpass at busy El Monte intersection
Photos by Luis Inzunza Federal, state, local and railroad officials today launched the start of constuction of a four-lane roadway underpass with a double-track railroad bridge to replace a congested railroad crossing on Baldwin Avenue in the City of El Monte. The grade separation at Baldwin Avenue is a project [continue reading]
Bike-Escalators: Should they come to LA?
“GET OUT OF THE WAY!” A woman yelled at a cyclist while both were going up the escalator. The impatient woman was enforcing the unwritten rule that one side of an escalator should be cleared for those who wished to walk up it. The cyclist with his bike on his [continue reading]
Metro and Caltrans announce availability of FasTrak transponders for ExpressLanes project on 10 and 110 freeways
The news: the transponders that are required to use the ExpressLanes are now available online, at a new customer centers in Gardena and El Monte and through the Auto Club. A press event is being held this morning and all the details are below in the news release from Metro: [continue reading]
SR-710 Study wraps up latest round of community meetings to review alternatives under consideration
Metro and Caltrans last week completed a round of seven “Open Houses” that were held in May as part of the ongoing Alternatives Analysis for the SR-710 study, which seeks to find ways to improve traffic in the area of the gap in the 710 between Alhambra and Pasadena. The [continue reading]