The bill was approved by the House and Senate on Friday and President Obama has said he will sign the bill. Most significantly for Metro, the bill allows $250 million in funding for the Purple Line Extension and the Regional Connector to go forward. The federal government had previously committed [continue reading]
A new study commissioned by Metro has found that Orange Line buses could safely increase speeds across some intersections in the San Fernando Valley, potentially resulting in four minutes of time [continue reading]
Summary: Timetables that take effect Dec. 13 are here If bus stops are being consolidated along a line, an advisory will be next to the timetable More about the changes [continue reading]
Here’s the legislative update from Metro: Earlier today, President Obama signed into law the long-term surface transportation authorization bill recently passed by Congress – Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act). Yesterday, both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed the new transportation law. The bill authorizes approximately [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from the Urban Land Institute: Getting To Go L.A. and National Transportation Experts Appear at ToLA 2015: Investing in Vibrant Communities LOS ANGELES, Calif. ULI Los Angeles, a District Council of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), presents Transit-Oriented Los Angeles: Getting to Go, Thursday, December 10, [continue reading]
The decision was made today by the Metro Board of Directors, meaning that the Gold Line’s Little Tokyo/Arts District Station will remain open until January 8, 2016. Here is the news release from Metro: METRO BOARD POSTPONES REGIONAL CONNECTOR CONSTRUCTION NEAR LITTLE TOKYO TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS DURING THE HOLIDAYS To [continue reading]
In his remarks near the start of the meeting, Metro CEO Phil Washington provided updates to two Metro projects: •Verizon earlier this week agreed to install cellular equipment in the Red/Purple [continue reading]
The bike share pilot program is scheduled to begin next summer in downtown Los Angeles. Metro’s bike share fare structure consists of three simple pass options to meet the needs of [continue reading]
[scribd id=291958792 key=key-QoLpq4OBOLwdP3aioDo7 mode=scroll] The Metro Board of Directors’ final meeting of the year is Thursday, beginning at 9 a.m. at Metro headquarters adjacent to Union Station. The agenda is above. As usual, the meeting is open to the public. You can listen online here (a link will appear under the [continue reading]
As this year draws to a close, the Metro Service Councils will turn their attention to next year’s proposed service changes, among other agenda items. All Service Councils will meet in December, and the agendas for all five Service Councils are the same: presentation on Metro’s Transit Service Policy; presentation [continue reading]
