Car-Pool Lane to Debut on Sepulveda Boulevard
In an effort to ease the commute home for San Fernando Valley motorists, a one-mile stretch of southbound Sepulveda Boulevard near Mulholland Drive will be restricted to northbound car-pools and buses on weekday afternoons beginning next Thursday, Mayor Tom Bradley announced Wednesday.
The pilot program, the first of its kind in Los Angeles County, is aimed at inducing motorists to join car-pools or ride buses. That should reduce overall congestion through the Sepulveda Pass on both the freeway and the boulevard, said a Bradley aide.
“This is the choke point and we’re hoping that this plan will shave 10 or 15 minutes off the trip through the Sepulveda Pass” for bus and car-pool users, according to William Bicker, the mayor’s transportation deputy. The reverse lane will “significantly reduce the traffic headaches for commuters who ride-share along this route,” Bradley said.
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