A
motion that would
support one of the
five alternatives for
the 710 North project
-- to improve local
roads -- as the
project's 'locally
preferred alternative'
was approved on a 3 to
2 vote Wednesday by
the Metro Board of
Director's Ad Hoc
Congestion, Highways
and
Roads Committee.
The
alternative's official
name is
"Transportation
System
Management/Transportation
Demand
Management"
(TSM/TDM) and
includes traffic
signal upgrades and
synchronization, local
street and
intersection
improvements, improved
connections to
existing bus
service and the
promotion of rideshare
in the area around the
gap in the 710 between
Alhambra and Pasadena.
These are the kind of
projects that Metro
staff have said could
provide immediate
travel benefits.
The
motion is posted
above. Something worth
highlighting: the
motion calls for
spending $105 million
on the TSM/TDM
alternative and using
the remaining project
funds -- potentially
hundreds of millions
of dollars -- for new
mobility projects in
the San Gabriel Valley
area. Please see the
motion for
details.
In
committee, the 'yes'
votes were from Board
Members John
Fasana, Kathryn Barger
and Ara Najarian and
the 'no' votes were
from Jacquelyn
Dupont-Walker and
Janice Hahn. The full
Board will consider
the item at their
meeting next Thursday
(May 25) at 9 a.m. The
public can listen and
watch Board meetings
online.
The
project's
final environmental
study is due to be
released by the end of
this year. The five
project alternatives
studied include a
freeway tunnel, light
rail, bus rapid
transit, TSM/TDM
improvements and the
no-build option. Here
is is the
project
homepage, which
includes much more
background about the
project.