Blythe & Palo Verde Valley
The Palo Verde Valley, anchored by the city of Blythe, is a uniquely rural and agricultural region. Transportation Improvements in this subregion will be locally approved to address transportation needs in rural areas and to strengthen the region’s economy.
Safe Streets & Roads
The TRP will keep roads, highways, and sidewalks safe and smooth throughout Riverside County. The plan includes a range of road and safety improvements, including fixing potholes, upgrading medians and intersections, modernizing traffic signals, and protecting infrastructure from natural hazards.
Examples of road safety and maintenance improvements:
- Enhancements throughout the City of Blythe
- Ensuring public sidewalks and infrastructure complies with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodations
- Closing sidewalk gaps throughout Blythe
- Enhancing bike lanes throughout Blythe
Highways
The TRP will reduce traffic congestion by completing freeway projects, improving interchanges and connections, using innovative technologies, adding new lanes, and more.
Examples of highway improvements include:
- Improving the condition of interchanges on I-10
Public Transportation
The TRP makes a historic investment in Riverside County’s public transportation system, including by increasing the frequency and safety of trains and buses, building new tracks and stations, and adding new transit and mobility options.
Examples of public transportation improvements include:
- Providing free or reduced-fare public transit options to increase access to educational, employment, or healthcare opportunities
- Upgrading transit facilities and ensuring vehicles and infrastructure remain in good shape
- Enhancing the bus fleet with new vehicles that preserve air quality
- Increasing the frequency and expanding public transit in underserved neighborhoods
- Establishing a new vanpool program to major employment areas, such as:
- Ironwood and Chuckwalla Valley prisons
- Coachella Valley
- Arizona