With the Crenshaw/LAX Line getting closer to construction in 2014, I wanted to address a specific issue involving the project: how the Metro Rail system will eventually connect to the terminals at Los Angeles International Airport. I also wanted to address a related notion floating around in the buzz-o-sphere that [continue reading]
The Measure R Independent Oversight Committee this morning approved Metro’s financing plan aimed at securing $160 million in federal Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (TIFIA) loans for the Regional Connector project. The committee, which is charged with reviewing the cost-effectiveness of financing Measure R projects, determined this type of federal [continue reading]
Steven White, who runs the “Accidental Urbanist” blog, has a good breakdown of the revisions in the works to help Metro customers more easily buy and replenish TAP cards at Metro ticket vending machines. Excerpt: If you’ve ever stood at a TAP Vending Machine, wondering where to start, how to [continue reading]
Two developments in Sacramento on Friday, as detailed in this news release from the office of Governor Jerry Brown: SACRAMENTO – Moving to defend Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.’s landmark package of pension reforms, the state of California today sued the U.S. Department of Labor for improperly denying federal grants [continue reading]
Here’s an opportunity to offer your opinions and ask questions of Metro officials. Metro will host a one-hour call-in TV show on Thursday, Oct. 17 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Called Metro Live, the show also will stream on the web at citytv.org. Discuss Metro’s on-going and future street [continue reading]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=KnjXhYWOWA4] Transit-oriented development remains a big deal here in Los Angeles. With the transit system expanding, there remains plentiful opportunities to put new development near existing or future transit stations. Los Angeles County has certainly seen its share of TODs — in Hollywood, North Hollywood, Long Beach, Pasadena, downtown Los [continue reading]
As we roll into fall (and isn’t it hard to believe it is already October), a new round of Service Council meetings are upon us. As usual, this month’s Council meetings begin in Van Nuys with the San Fernando Valley Service Council meeting on Wednesday, October 2. Please note that [continue reading]
And the latest from Metro’s government relations team: U.S. Department of Transportation – Plans For Lapse In Annual Appropriations With less than 24 hours before a possible shutdown of the federal government, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has prepared a document detailing how the transportation agency will be operating [continue reading]
Here’s the update from Metro government relations staff from late Friday — doesn’t appear much has changed over the weekend: While the U.S. Senate has moved to adopt a continuing resolution to keep the federal government operating at a level consistent with sequestration levels ($986 billion), it remains unclear what [continue reading]
Potential FTA Shutdown Dear Colleague 09 26 13 The above letter was sent from Peter Rogoff, Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration, to transit agencies across the United States. One obvious impact of a shutdown, as the letter states, is that the FTA won’t be able to process grants that [continue reading]
