Greater LA
How to alleviate LA’s congested freeways?
LA Metro is considering plans for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project, which aims to build public transit options that would connect the San Fernando Valley to the Westside in a 15-minute rail ride.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 24m ListenLA Metro is considering plans for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project, which aims to build public transit options that would connect the San Fernando Valley to the Westside in a 15-minute rail ride. Metro is currently entertaining four ideas, which include two subway lines and two aerial-subway line combinations.
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3 storiesLA’s solution to its 405 freeway problem
Ricardo Abrines has dreamed of a monorail flying high above the 405 -- through the Sepulveda pass -- ever since he moved to Los Angeles.
Read the story10 minWhy keep building freeways if they're not reducing congestion?
Evidence shows that freeway expansions don’t relieve congestion. That’s not stopping Metro LA and Cal Trans from moving forward on a $4 billion project to expand the 605 from Rosecrans Ave. to the 10 freeway in Baldwin Park.
Read the story8 minRemembering when the 405 freeway was shut down
In 2011 and 2012, LA Metro shut down the 405 freeway in both directions between the 10 and 101 freeways over an entire weekend. It was known as “Carmageddon.”
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