Our previous post noted the likelihood of being stuck in traffic around UCLA this afternoon. From a longer-term perspective, at least for those in the San Fernando Valley, there may be some traffic relief in December. A new rapid bus service to campus from the Valley running on the new carpool lane of the 405 is to be started in mid-December:
Transit officials continue to quietly connect the dots on the San
Fernando Valley’s transportation grid and soon will add non-stop rush
hour service between Van Nuys Orange Line stations and Westwood while
making alterations to two other routes. The new rapid line, called
788, will feature 12 rapid buses in the morning and 13 during the
evening, say officials at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority. Word of the change came late last month
via a post on the blog of Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky,
an MTA board member. “Taking advantage of those brand-new 405 carpool lanes, Metro
later this year will launch an express bus through the Sepulveda Pass,
offering transit riders on both sides of the hill a speedier way through
one of L.A.’s gnarliest commuting challenges,” he said in the blog. Yaroslosky
could not be reached for further comment. The blog also quotes Jon
Hillmer, Metro’s executive officer in charge of bus service planning and
scheduling, as saying the new line will be a time-saver. “We’re
being very conservative, but from end to end we are looking at 20-minute
time savings in each direction,” Hiller told the supervisor...
Full story at http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20141005/mta-to-open-new-non-stop-line-from-van-nuys-to-westwood
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