On Monday, Caltrans will host a groundbreaking ceremony for a carpool lane (HOV) direct connector. These are those carpool lanes that let you make a freeway-to-treeway transfer without changing lanes. "It provides a seamless transportation network," explained Jeanne Bonfilio of Caltrans to LAist over the phone. She said that it's worked so well at two other locations in the county (57/60 and 105/110 interchanges) that they decided to do another one. The $156.6 million project......

Photo by Skalas2 via Flickr In today's city council session, there was a big discussion regarding congestion pricing on the 110 Freeway which would basically let non-hybrid solo car uses use the car pool lane for a price. Councilwoman Janice Hahn, who voted for the measure (and it did pass), had a concern about the lanes because they bottleneck, in her opinion, due to the inability to get in and out of the lanes......

Good news for those who come into and leave Los Angeles everyday via the 5 freeway from the north county: those carpool lanes that have been under construction for a while are opening Friday. The lanes are a first for the 5 freeway in Los Angeles County and is part of a larger scheme to go carpool lane crazy in that part of town. Future lanes will connect the project to the 118 and 170......