The American Public Transportation Association — a member-based advocacy organization — has released a report [PDF] this month that highlights some of the challenges facing transit agencies around the country. The report crunches data from a survey of transit agencies that APTA conducted in the spring of 2011. While the [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. 2013 transportation funding may be cut 10% below 2011 levels (Transportation Issues Daily) Federal agencies will soon begin drafting their 2013 budgets. Last week [continue reading]
Here’s the latest news on a key Measure R project, the Gold Line Foothill Extension, from the project’s public affairs team. Follow the jump to see videos about the project’s public art component and for info about some upcoming community events. Contract Award – Next Steps Following the July 27, [continue reading]
The Los Angeles City Council last week approved an MOU with AEG to build a new pro football stadium downtown next to Staples Center and L.A. Live. The stadium will be a short one-and-a-half block from the Blue Line’s Pico station, which one day will also serve Expo Line trains [continue reading]
Update, 1:45 p.m. — three Metro Rail lines had record numbers (Gold, Blue and Red/Purple) and more info about how rail ridership is calculated have been added to the below post. Metro has released its ridership statistics for July. Bottom line: systemwide ridership is up over a year ago, [continue reading]
Nice graphic from Metro staff showing that business leaders across the country are supporting America Fast Forward, the federal legislation that would allow Metro and other transit agencies to use federal loans and financing to speed up construction of big projects. If Metro can persuade Congress to adopt the [continue reading]
I posted earlier that the New York Times editorial board certainly seems a gloomy future for cities and states that depend on federal funding. Now, here’s a second media story that focuses on transportation funding — and the news isn’t much better. As KPCC reporter Kitty Felde explains, the federal [continue reading]
A New York Times editorial on Sunday pretty much nailed the dilemma facing cities and states as the federal government cuts back spending. First excerpt: States and cities had already endured a harrowing three-year financial slide when the debt-ceiling crisis darkened their outlooks even further. In the space of [continue reading]
A local — and very diverse — range of community groups sent a letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein this week, asking her to continue to fight for federal New Starts funding for the Westside Subway Extension and the Regional Connector. New Starts is the federal program that helps local transit agencies [continue reading]
When President Obama announced new fuel efficiency standards for cars a few weeks ago — the average fleet mileage would rise to 54.5 mpg by 2025 — this nifty graphic was posted on the White House website. I think the bar at the right is the most interesting part: it [continue reading]
