This Monday, May 6th, is the end of the scoping period for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor. Scoping is the first stage of environmental review which means this is your opportunity to help shape the study that is evaluating light rail and bus rapid transit options for the [continue reading]
The I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project contractor is scheduled to conduct full 10-hour northbound I-405 freeway closures from the Santa Monica Boulevard off-ramp to the Santa Monica Boulevard on-ramp in West Los Angeles on the nights of Friday, May 10, Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 11 [continue reading]
The Los Angeles Union Station Master Plan team is releasing its draft alternatives today for improving the venerable station as a transit center. Among some of the proposals (shown above) are replacing the parking lots in front of the station with open space, building a new bus terminal to handle [continue reading]
Activity continues to ramp up on the southwest corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Ogden Drive, where Metro will soon be digging an exploratory shaft for the Purple Line Extension project. The site is located directly opposite LACMA, as the above photo shows. Metro took possession of the site on April 1 and is [continue reading]
And here are a few other items the Metro Board took action or discussed on at today's meeting: •The Board approved issuing a public notice that the Metro Board will seek a change to the technical language of Measure R that is necessary before the Board consider any future project [continue reading]
And here are the new official names for the 11.5-mile Foothill Extension between eastern Pasadena and the Azusa/Glendora border: Arcadia Monrovia Duarte/City of Hope Irwindale Azusa Downtown APU/Citrus College
The Metro Board voted 7 to 4 to approve the above motion by Board Member Zev Yaroslavsky to waive the $3 account maintenance fee for L.A. County residents who have a FasTrak transponder for the Metro ExpressLanes. Metro officials said that waiving the fee would likely result in more [continue reading]
Here are the station names for the second phase of the Expo Line that were just approved by the Metro Board. A motion by Board Member Zev Yaroslavsky changed the Exposition/Westwood to Westwood/Rancho Park. Official Station Name Palms Westwood/Rancho Park Exposition/Sepulveda Exposition/Bundy 26th Street/Bergamot 17th Street/Santa Monica College Downtown Santa [continue reading]
One of the primary hurdles facing any rail transit project is the ability for people to easily reach the stations. With that goal in mind, a press event was held at Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights on Tuesday morning for a project to improve pedestrian and cycling connections to eight Gold [continue reading]
