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The 710 Freeway Brings More Traffic to Pasadena

• An additional 109,000 daily through trips originating from outside the San Gabriel Valley
• A substantial increase in traffic on the 210 and 134 freeways
• From 50 to more than 1,000 percent increase in traffic on Villa, Orange Grove, Washington, Del Mar and California, to east Pasadena and beyond, due to "spillover" traffic
• A truck route intersecting residential neighborhoods from El Sereno to Sunland -- and directly impacting four elementary schools in Pasadena alone

The 710 Freeway Costs Pasadena

• The $1.4 billion price tag of the freeway drains crucial funding for rail, bus, intersection improvements, and grade crossings (the Blue Line to east Pasadena is roughly 3 times as long as the 710 at half the cost)
• More tax dollars spent to maintain Caltrans homes in the right-of-way
• Loss of business during unattractive, gridlocked, serveral-year-long construction period
• Further loss of tax base as flight and blight continues along a six-mile stretch of neighborhoods along the route

The 710 Freeway Doesn't Serve Pasadena

• No connection with the 110 Freeway and no on or off ramps between Del Mar Avenue in Pasadena and Huntington Drive in northeast Los Angeles
• Thousands of people will be displaced, nearly 1,000 homes will be destroyed, five historic districts will be disrupted and 7,000 mature trees will be cut
• Increased noise and pollution