The state bill that would give the Metro Board of Directors the authority to send a Measure R extension to voters was approved by a second Assembly committee on Monday. Earlier this month, the bill was approved by the Assembly’s Local Governments committee. The Metro Board has not decided to [continue reading]
Today’s Expo Line has its origins in a railroad between Los Angeles and Santa Monica that went into service in 1875. The Los Angeles & Independence Railroad later became the Air Line, the direct ancestor of the Expo Line. The Los Angeles & Independence was sold in 1877 to the Southern [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday are scheduled to consider moving a key Measure R project — a connection to LAX — into the draft environmental study phase. Metro staff earlier this year finished the project’s Alternatives Analysis and held public workshops this spring to explain the project alternatives [continue reading]
The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations on Thursday awarded $81 million in funding in the 2013 federal budget to two key Metro transit projects in Los Angeles, the Westside Subway Extension and the Regional Connector. “Thanks to the hard work of Senator Feinstein, today’s vote by the Senate Committee on [continue reading]
As many readers already know, this has been a challenging few months for the Blue Line, which has seen some major delays due to problems with the overhead wires that power the trains, rail car breakdowns, Expo Line construction, police activity and a few accidents. The following report [pdf here] [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors Planning Committee today recommended that the full Board next week certify the Final Environmental Imapct Statement/Report for the Westside Subway Extension, a key Measure R-funded project. The vote was 3 to 1 with Board Members Diane DuBois, Richard Katz and Zev Yaroslavsky voting for and [continue reading]
In response to a second report commissioned by the city of Beverly Hills, Metro officials have again said that they stand by the agency’s seismic and tunneling safety reports on the Westside Subway Extension project. Specifically, Metro officials stand by their conclusion that it is safer to build a subway [continue reading]
Below is the news release from the Expo Line Construction Authority, the independent agency building the second phase of the project between Culver City and Santa Monica. And here is a link [pdf] to the court ruling. The California Court of Appeal yesterday ruled unanimously in favor of the Exposition [continue reading]
Metro staff has finished a report to the agency’s Board of Directors on different funding scenarios for transportation projects if Measure R was extended. It is important to emphasize that the Metro Board has not made any decision yet whether to ask Los Angeles County voters to extend the Measure R [continue reading]
The public will get a first look at conceptual visions of what the future may hold for the iconic and historic Los Angeles Union Station. Metro Board Chairman and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and elected officials will be on hand as six architectural firms present their high-concept vision for Union Station [continue reading]
