Video of Friday's ExpressLanes media event
A few talking heads talking about congestion pricing! Give it a watch — it’s only two minutes.
ExpressLanes basics reviewed
Metro’s third major project of 2012 is opening this weekend — the Metro ExpressLanes on the 110 freeway between Adams Boulevard and 182nd Street. A few questions have come up, naturally, and I want to try to clearly and unequivocally answer the ones that I’ve been getting time and again. [continue reading]
Four years later: the status of major Measure R highway and road projects
I posted an update last week on the transit projects funded by Measure R. Some of the major road projects get their turn today. The following list just looks at some of the major road projects that are benefiting from Measure R dollars. Many other smaller projects around Los Angeles [continue reading]
Live chat transcripts on ExpressLanes is posted!
Here is the full transcript from the live web chat with ExpressLanes Executive Officer Stephanie Wiggins from last Friday about Metro’s ExpressLanes project, which opens on the 110 freeway on Saturday. To get a FasTrak transponder to use the lanes — and everyone who uses the lanes must have one [continue reading]
How to enter and exit from ExpressLanes
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-HKcnj_JAY[/youtube] We’re at t-minus eight days until the opening of the ExpressLanes on the 110 freeway on Saturday, Nov. 10. We’ve been posting tips from the ExpressLanes teams on how to use the lanes. Today’s lesson: how to get into and out of them! From the team: “It’s important to [continue reading]
Nine days and counting until ExpressLanes open on 110 freeway
Also, a reminder that there’s a live online chat on Friday at noon with Metro ExpressLanes Executive Officer Stephanie Wiggins. More info here. And here is a post with the most popular questions that people have about the project. We’re trying to answer any remaining questions you have on the [continue reading]
ExpressLanes FAQ, part one — 10 days and counting until Los Angeles County’s first congestion pricing project opens.
121029_Top_10_FAQ We’re now 10 days from the opening of the ExpressLanes on the 110 freeway between Adams Boulevard and the Artesia Transit Center. The project is posting a top 10 of frequently-asked questions until then. Here’s part one; we’ll do our best to answer any remaining questions on our comments [continue reading]
Metro reaches milestone of issuing 20,000 FastTrak transponders for ExpressLanes
The ExpressLanes project on the 110 freeway opens on Saturday, Nov. 10. Here’s the news release from Metro: Reaching another significant milestone in its Congestion Reduction Demonstration Initiative, Metro announced today that it has issued more than 20,000 FasTrak® transponders in advance of the Nov. 10 debut of the Metro [continue reading]
ExpressLanes to open on 110 freeway on Nov. 10
Here’s the news release from Metro: Metro ExpressLanes, an innovative project to reduce traffic congestion, will debut Los Angeles County’s first HOT (High Occupancy Toll) lanes on Saturday, Nov. 10 at 12:01 a.m., opening 11 miles of carpool lanes on the 110 Harbor Freeway to solo drivers who pay an [continue reading]
Is Carmageddon worth the mess?
For all the hype and talk about this weekend’s upcoming 405 closure — aka Carmageddon — I’ve also been a little surprised there hasn’t been more discussion of a pretty basic question: is the 405 project really worth the hassle of closing the freeway? I think so. The I-405 Sepulveda [continue reading]