Metro ExpressLanes Program

A proven solution with options to keep you moving!

The Metro ExpressLanes Program was initiated as a one-year demonstration to assess the use of congestion pricing to ease traffic on LA County freeways. In collaboration with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Metro converted the existing carpool lanes to dynamically-priced, high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes, also called ExpressLanes, on the I-110 and I-10 freeways which opened in 2012 and 2013, respectively. 

Based on the success of the I-10 & I-110 ExpressLanes, the Metro Board directed staff in 2014 to:  

• Adopt the one-year demonstration into a permanent program on those corridors  
• Prepare a  Countywide ExpressLanes Strategic Plan  that would identify and recommend potential corridors that could benefit from ExpressLanes conversion 

The Strategic Plan identified three tiers of projects comprising a 310-mile ExpressLanes network.  

Tier 1 – near-term projects: expected to be constructed in the next five to 10 years.  

• Post-Environmental Clearance / Final Design Phase 
  • I-105 ExpressLanes Project
• Environmental Review Phase 
  •  I-10 ExpressLanes Extension Project   
  •  I-405 Sepulveda Pass ExpressLanes Project 
  •  I-605 Corridor Improvements Project 

Tier 2 – mid-term project: slated for construction within the next 15 years. 

Tier 3 – longer-term projects: those that would be constructed within the next 25 years.

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Currently, available funding is not sufficient to construct and maintain all projects listed in Metro’s Countywide ExpressLanes Strategic Plan. Metro will seek all opportunities to secure funding through traditional and innovative sources 

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