The Road Sage

He's your traffic cop

Steve Hymon covers Southern California commuting for The Times and writes the weekly Road Sage column. He's on the lookout for stories about the way we drive and the car culture of Southern California.

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San Gabriel Valley needs to speed things up

May 5, 2008

Road Sage

Steve Hymon: San Gabriel Valley needs to speed things up

Take a look at the map on this page and it might help explain why local officials want to convert the carpool lanes on parts of the 10 and 210 freeways in the San Gabriel Valley to toll lanes.

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