[scribd id=219872562 key=key-pznk1wn3tzezfxvcfsm mode=scroll] The Metro Board of Directors meets on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at Metro headquarters for their regular monthly meeting. The agenda is posted above and below is some of the more interesting items on the docket: •Item 17, a motion by Board Member Paul Krekorian asking [continue reading]
[scribd id=219038130 key=key-bh2vak1qlrptv1yb7fq mode=scroll] One key issue that the Metro Board of Directors are scheduled to consider at their meeting on Thursday: whether to continue tolling as part of the ExpressLanes on the 10 and 110 freeways beyond January 15 of next year. Some quick background: Metro received a $210.6-million federal [continue reading]
[scribd id=218151317 key=key-2cpd0gptuj98ddtz1dwv mode=scroll] Metro staff recommends a $927.2-million design/build contract with Regional Connector Constructors (a Joint Venture between Skanska USA Civil West California District, Inc., and Traylor Bros. Inc.) to build the Regional Connector project. The staff report is above. The 1.9-mile underground rail line, forecast to be complete in 2020, [continue reading]
Los Angeles County Supervisor and Metro Board Member Don Knabe joined California State Senators Ted Lieu and Bob Huff on Friday to reiterate their collective efforts to crack down on the demand-side of the illicit child sex trafficking industry and announce the launch of a new county-wide Metro and billboard [continue reading]
[scribd id=216031485 key=key-1xumqkq6cmk2o8l2g5m2 mode=scroll] A Superior Court judge ruled in favor of Metro on Wednesday in state lawsuits brought by the Beverly Hills Unified School District and the city of Beverly Hills alleging that the environmental studies for the Purple Line Extension project were flawed and needed to be redone. To put [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! A tunnel under the Sepulveda Pass? It might be yours for 25 cents a day (L.A. Times) Kerry Cavanaugh looks at the Sepulveda Pass Transit [continue reading]
The Committee oversees the half-cent sales tax increases that Los Angeles County voters approved in 1980 (Prop A) and 1990 (Prop C), respectively. Here is the meeting notice and agenda: INDEPENDENT CITIZENS’ ADVISORY AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETINGPUBLIC HEARING Metro Headquarters 3rd Floor – Board Room One Gateway Plaza Los Angeles Friday, April [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Transit riders assail proposed Metro fare hike at public meeting (L.A. Times) Coverage of the four-hour hearing on Saturday over the proposed fare increase. As [continue reading]
Click on a photo to see larger. Photos by Steve Hymon/Metro The hearing adjourned about 2:15 p.m. after more than four hours that included a brief staff presentation on the fares, about 165 public speakers and a brief disruption near the end of the meeting that resulted in two arrests [continue reading]
The public hearing on fare changes saw many Metro riders and community leaders turn out to let the Metro Board know what they think. Video featuring a few of today’s public speakers: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y_IinXTyWc] And here’s audio-only from some speakers earlier in the morning: Reminder: public comments will be accepted through [continue reading]
