Road Pricing Infographic: How Tolling Impacts Various Road Users
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Tolls may disproportionately burden the poor, but so other ways of paying for roads.
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about ExpressLanes
110 Freeway Off-Ramp Project Threatens Historic Church, MyFigueroa
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Tonight, Caltrans is hosting a meeting to gather input on a new freeway off-ramp that would funnel 110 Freeway traffic onto Figueroa Street just south of downtown Los Angeles. The meeting takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Orthopedic Institute for Children, 403 West Adams Boulevard in South Los Angeles. Caltrans’ proposal, officially titled the Interstate […]
Balancing Cars, Cash and Congestion: Metro Silver Line BRT in ExpressLanes
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At the April 2014 board meeting, Metro’s ExpressLanes and the Metro Silver Line were the big success story. The ExpressLanes program is a $210 million federally-funded trial project to “to develop multi-modal solutions to improve traffic flow and provide enhanced travel options on the I-110 and I-10 Freeways.” The program converted freeway carpool lanes to […]
40% of ExpressLane Funds Will Go Towards Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements
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When Metro first proposed converting HOV Lanes to congestion pricing lanes where drivers could choose to pay cash for a congestion free trip, some politicians and news paper columnists were outraged. Some where so outraged at the “Lexus Lanes” they worked tirelessly to get them moved somewhere else. Others were so outraged they wrote research-free […]
It Might be Hot, but Antonovich Wants It HOTter on the Westside
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Just when you thought the I-405 Widening Project through the Sepulveda Pass couldn’t get less popular. Last week, news broke slowly that then Metro Board Chair and County Supervisor Mike Antonovich wants Metro staff to examine whether or not it makes sense for the HOV lanes on the I-405 to become High Occupancy Toll Lanes […]
Congestion Pricing Opens on the I-10, Hysteria on Hold
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This weekend, Express Lanes opened on 14 miles of the I-10 between Alameda Street in downtown Los Angeles and the 605 freeway. The lanes converted existing HOV lanes to HOV/HOT lanes during non-peak hours. This means solo-car commuters can buy their way into the carpool lane if they have a FastTrack transponder. Carpoolers will also need […]