Los Angeles Metro ExpressLanes

Metro ExpressLanes is a pilot, one-year demonstration program overseen by Metro, Caltrans and several other mobility partners that have joined forces to develop a package of solutions to improve traffic flow and provide enhanced travel options on the I-10 and I-110 Freeways in Los Angeles County.

The solution package includes the introduction of congestion pricing by converting High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes to High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes; the improvement of transit service and other alternatives to driving; the updating of transit facilities; and the implementation of a more effective parking management system in downtown Los Angeles.

Metro ExpressLanes features include:

Conversion of the I-10 El Monte Busway HOV lanes (I-605 to Alameda St.) to HOT lanes
Conversion of the I-110 Harbor Transitway HOV lanes (Artesia Transit Center to Adams Blvd.) to HOT lanes
59 new alternative fuel expansion buses and operating subsidy for the demo period
El Monte Station Expansion
New Transit Station at Patsaouras Plaza
Harbor Transitway Park & Ride Upgrades
Metrolink Pomona Station Expansion
Transit Signal Priority Expanded in Downtown LA
100 New Metro Vanpools
New expansion bicycle lockers at the Artesia Transit Center & bicycle station at El Monte Station
Express Park
New Bus Maintenance Facility in Downtown LA
Budget - $290 million
Construction begins: 2011

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[Zigazgman1]

@clopec Increased capacity going 45 mph is actually less polluting than current capacity going 20mph. As well as people getting to work faster lowering the pollution.

[clopec]

Los Angeles once had one of the best public transit systems in the world, retaining that would have been genuinely green. This is just greenwash and the increased capacity actually increases the pollution in the long run.

Also there is a false fact about the congestion decreasing capacity, it's actually the other way around.