Public hearings for Culver City Bus proposed changes
Here is the notice from Culver City Bus: [scribd id=242055826 key=key-ZjA609TTxF9xIX8EpUzc mode=scroll]
Actions taken today by the Metro Board of Directors
A few highlights from the meeting (agenda here) of the Metro Board of Directors on Oct. 2, 2014: •Item 7: The Board approved a lease with Eric Needleman and Cedd Moses for a new gastropub for the Fred Harvey Room at Union Station. Staff report and earlier Source post. •Items [continue reading]
Agenda for today's meeting of the Metro Board of Directors
[scribd id=241640124 key=key-qpvOVSbpIlBwte5UQYRo mode=scroll] Good morning, Metro riders and stakeholders! The gavel will soon drop on the Metro Board of Director’s meeting, scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. The agenda is above; click here for the html version. If not in attendance, you can listen to the meeting online by going to [continue reading]
Preview of October Metro Service Council meetings
The San Fernando Valley Service Council leads off Halloween month (how did we get here so quickly?) with the first of our five monthly Service Council meetings beginning tonight. Fortunately, none of the meetings will be held on a Friday the 13th. All Service Councils are scheduled to receive the [continue reading]
Zocalo Public Square tackles the can-we-fix-traffic question at last night's event
Zocalo Public Square and Metro held a panel discussion Monday night at the Petersen Automotive Museum with an appropriate topic for the venue: what, if anything, can be done to speed up traffic in our region? A podcast of the discussion is above. KCRW traffic reporter Kajon Cermac served as [continue reading]
Monday's Zocalo forum will ask: Is traffic L.A.’s destiny? (We certainly hope not!)
What could speed up traffic? We all have opinions, of course. But at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Petersen Automotive Museum some pretty good minds will tackle the subject as part of a Zocalo Public Square forum. The forum is free and open to the public. Reservations are recommended. Here’s how the [continue reading]
Listen to Metro's Social Media Week panel on how Metro uses social media to connect with riders
First, a big thank you to our panelists and everyone who attended yesterday’s “Metro Moves Forward: Engaging Customers of Public Transportation in L.A.” event at Union Station. The presentation and panel discussion were part of Social Media Week. Above is the 49-minute panel discussion. I accidentally deleted a few seconds at [continue reading]
Schedule of public hearings for Gold Line Eastside Extension study
Here’s the news release from Metro: A series of public hearings conducted by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is set to receive community input to a Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) on a proposed extension of the Metro Gold Line Eastside light rail system from [continue reading]
New episode of Metro Motion: L.A. Mayor Garcetti shares his vision for better mobility
In the newest edition of Metro Motion, Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Eric Garcetti explains why he thinks a regional approach to traffic management and business is the best way to lead us into a more mobile and prosperous future. In another segment, we explore a neighborhood rich [continue reading]
Metro staff seeks approval to secure federal funding for Phase 2 of Purple Line Extension subway
[scribd id=240619213 key=key-YLiPheTOAcosOwJcsFbz mode=scroll] Pre-construction is already underway on the first phase of the Purple Line Extension, which will stretch the subway from its current terminus at Western Avenue to La Cienega Boulevard with new stations at Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega. Earlier this year, Metro received $2.1 billion in [continue reading]