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The 710 Freeway at the 91 Freeway - photo via Metro presentation

Environmental Protection Agency Nixes Metro and Caltrans’ Current Plan for Expanding Lower 710 Freeway

By Joe Linton | May 4, 2021 | No Comments

Dealing a blow to Metro's effort to fast-track expansion of the lower 710 Freeway, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has mandated that Metro follow air quality laws.

Parking protected bike lane on Artesia Boulevard in the city of Long Beach. Long Beach due to receive funding for a similar facility on Pacific Avenue. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Two Dozen Upcoming L.A. County Walk/Bike Projects Funded

By Joe Linton | Mar 3, 2021 | No Comments

Metro Measure M Active Transportation grants, and CA Transportation Commission Active Transportation Program grants

Metro is relaunching its community engagement process around Segment B of the Rail-to-River project and seeks input on stakeholders' preferred routes. The Randolph St. route through Huntington Park is not wide enough to support both the WSAB line and the bike/walk path. The yellow indicates the larger study area Metro is surveying for potential alternative routes. Source: Metro

Metro Relaunches Rail-to-River Community Engagement Process to Choose New Southeast Cities Route

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 10, 2021 | No Comments

The planned WSAB rail line won't leave enough room for a bike/walk path on Randolph, forcing Metro to seek an alternative route

Segment A of the Rail-to-River bike and pedestrian path will run along Slauson between the Crenshaw and Blue Lines; Segment B will run along Randolph towards the river. Source: Metro

Rail-to-Rail Bike/Ped Path along Slauson Delayed but Moving Forward

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 20, 2019 | No Comments

The first phase of the project was supposed to break ground in 2018

Metro is hosting input meetings for its L.A. River path gap closure project. Image via Metro

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L.A. River Bike Path Downtown Gap Closure Project Input Meetings Underway

By Joe Linton | Feb 1, 2019 | 1 Comment

Metro is hosting input meetings for the conceptual design for the L.A. River path through central L.A. The $365 million 8-mile project is expected to open circa 2025.

Metro lukewarmly approved the $6B 710 Freeway widening, though expediting only early action projects for now. The top image is the existing ("no-build") configuration. "Preferred alternative" 5C would add two new general purpose lanes to most of the 710 Freeway between Long Beach and the City of Commerce. Image via Metro staff report

Metro Board to Vote on $6 Billion Lower 710 Freeway Widening

By Joe Linton | Feb 13, 2018 | 13 Comments

This week Metro board committees are considering approving a distinctly backward-looking $6 billion project to widen the 710 Freeway through southeast L.A. County. It is difficult to believe that, in the 21st Century, Caltrans and Metro are still seeking to spend billions widening a highway in order “to improve air quality, mobility, and quality of […]

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