History
After 20 years of planning and then construction the combined high-occupancy roadway and transitway was opened in 1998 at a cost of $500 million. Provision was made for the transitway to continue further north from Adams Boulevard/ Flower Street to join the El Monte Busway and construction of the busway included 'ski jumps' just past the on/off ramps at this point.
At 3,000 boardings a day, initial usage was only 5% of the predicted 65,000 and fares were reduced from $3.35 to $1.35 in 2000 to encourage additional usage.
The Metro Silver Line was introduced in 2009 using both the Harbor Transitway and the El Monte Busway.
Read more about this topic: Harbor Transitway
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