Recent Streetsblog LA posts about The 710

Divide and Conquer on the 710 Big Dig

By Damien Newton | Aug 20, 2012 | 6 Comments

Last week, Metro finished its most recent public meetings outlining twelve proposals to fill the so-called 4.5 mile “gap” on the I-710 between Alhambra and Pasadena at the I-210. The public response to the twelve alternatives presented was near-uniformly negative. Anger was particularly high at new proposals to connect the I-710 to the I-210 including, a […]

EIR Released for the “Other” 710 Project, Let’s Get Ready to Widen

By Damien Newton | Jul 3, 2012 | 24 Comments

The I-710 is a marvel of 20th century transportation planning. The freeway, which is sometimes as large as ten lanes, connects both the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to Route 60, passing the I-405, SR-91, I-105, I-605, I-10, and SR-60 before heading North. Traffic is so congested north of SR-60, that some local […]

The 710: A Post Modern Freeway

By Mark Vallianatos | Mar 7, 2011 | 8 Comments

I’m sad to report that a generic timeline has replaced the board game of transportation history I admired during the first series of 710 conversations outreach meetings. With the stakes raised by CalTran’s release of a notice of scoping/initiation of studies for the SR-710 Gap Closure Project (which we’ll be calling the SR-710 California’s Big […]