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. Valley-Westside express bus is a go (Zev Web) Supervisor and Metro Board Member Zev Yaroslavsky’s website has some very good news for bus riders. Excerpt: Taking advantage of those brand-new [continue reading]
Metro Deputy CEO Lindy Lee joined Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty and officials from the Federal Highway Administration and California Highway Patrol today for the groundbreaking of the I-10 High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane Project. The project area is located between Puente Avenue and Citrus Street in Baldwin Park and West Covina. This is the [continue reading]
Here’s the press release from Caltrans: Caltrans will conduct overnight full directional freeway closures nightly June 9 through Friday, June 13 on the northbound Santa Ana Freeway (Interstate 5) from Valley View Avenue to Carmenita Road. The closures also include the on-ramps at Artesia Blvd, Alondra Blvd., and Firestone Blvd. [continue reading]
[scribd id=219038130 key=key-bh2vak1qlrptv1yb7fq mode=scroll] One key issue that the Metro Board of Directors are scheduled to consider at their meeting on Thursday: whether to continue tolling as part of the ExpressLanes on the 10 and 110 freeways beyond January 15 of next year. Some quick background: Metro received a $210.6-million federal [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]
From Caltrans: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will close the southbound I-5 Western Avenue on-ramp from Sunday, April 6 to Sunday, July 6 to widen the freeway overcrossing above Western Avenue. Caltrans reminds motorists to Slow For The Cone Zone and Move Over. It’s the law. About the Project [continue reading]
Caltrans and Metro on Thursday morning officially dedicated 2.2 miles of HOV lanes in both directions on the 10 freeway between the 605 freeway and Puente Avenue in Baldwin Park. The lanes cost $180 million. “As the transportation funding authority for Los Angeles County, Metro programmed $192 million for completion [continue reading]
Your weekend traffic update from Caltrans: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announces 55-hour weekend lane closures of the north- and southbound San Gabriel River Freeway (I-605) connectors to the eastbound San Bernardino Freeway (I-10) for pavement and drainage work. Friday, September 27 at 10 p.m. through Monday, September 30, [continue reading]
Here’s the schedule of freeway closures for the I-10 HOV Lane Project for next week via Caltrans: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will close portions of the San Bernardino Freeway (I-10) as part of the High Occupancy Vehicle lane construction project. The following schedule will be in effect, weather [continue reading]
I-5 closures set for next week. Some good news too – 3 long term ramp closures are ending this month! Here are all the details from Caltrans: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) plans to implement the closures listed below as part of a project that is constructing High Occupancy [continue reading]
