Metro ExpressLanes project

The Metro ExpressLanes project is a transport project taking place in Los Angeles between 2011 and 2012 to 'improve traffic flow and provide enhanced travel options on I-10 and I-110 in Los Angeles County'. It includes a range of infrastructure developments on the Harbor Transitway and the El Monte Busway. The high-occupancy lanes on these transitways will be converted to high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes for a trial period. Associated works include a major upgrade to El Monte bus station, expansion of Metrolink Pomona Station, the creation of a new transit station at Union Station and increased park and ride capacity and bike lockers at many transit stations. In addition new Vanpool vehicles and buses will also be purchased. The project is being delivered by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the California Department of Transportation and others. The budget is $290 million and construction began in 2011.^[1]

Scheme elements

The Metro ExpressLanes project includes:^[1]

• Conversion of the HOV lanes on the El Monte Busway HOV lanes on Interstate 10 between Interstate 605 and Alameda Street (which is near Union Station) to high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes
• Conversion of the HOV lanes on the Harbor Transitway on Interstate 110 between Artesia Transit Center and Adams Blvd in Downtown Los Angeles to high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes
• Expansion of the El Monte bus station with a new 'bicycle station'
• The creation of a new transit station at Patsaouras Plaza for Union Station
• Harbor Transitway Park & Ride Upgrades
• Expansion of Metrolink Pomona Station
• More bicycle lockers at the Artesia Transit Center
• New Bus Maintenance Facility in Downtown Los Angeles
• Enhanced Bus priority at traffic signals in Downtown Los Angeles
• 100 New Metro Vanpools
• 59 new alternative fuel expansion buses and operating subsidy during a demonstration period.
• Express Park

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Metro ExpressLanes". Metro MTA. http://www.metro.net/projects/expresslanes/. 

Further reading

• Los Angeles County Congestion Reduction Demonstration National Evaluation Plan (US Department of Transportation)