At the time the Gold Line to East Los Angeles opened in 2009, the Metro Board of Directors asked about the possibility of installing crossing gates at some intersections along the light rail corridor. Metro officials say such gates may “increase awareness” of trains for both motorists and pedestrians. On [continue reading]
Over at the Engineering News Record, former New York City traffic commissioner Sam Schwartz took to his transportation blog to extol the benefits of America Fast Forward. A lot of the issues he touches on will be familiar to Source readers. Here’s an excerpt from the piece in which Schwartz [continue reading]
Metro is today releasing its budget [pdf] for the coming 2011-12 fiscal year. The highlights, in short: •The budget is $4.145 billion, which is 6.3 percent higher than last year, mostly due to more spending on Measure R projects. •Metro CEO Art Leahy is proposing to lower day passes from [continue reading]
Over the past several weeks, we’ve been running our ongoing series where we ask the question: How could America Fast Forward work for other cities around the country? Well, Minneapolis was definitely on our radar, but it looks like Minneapolis Post writer Steve Berg beat us to the punch. In [continue reading]
A wireline coring drill rig that will be in action in downtown L.A. over the next couple of weeks. Here’s the news release from Metro, which is in the planning stages on the Measure R project to link the Gold Line to the Blue Line and future Expo Line in [continue reading]
The first art panels were installed today at Expo Park/USC Station, marking a major milestone for the Expo Line. Installation of the 24 art panels will continue over the weekend. If you’re at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC this weekend you might be able to get [continue reading]
In its latest edition, the Beverly Hills Courier has wrongly reported that “The final environmental impact report of the Metropolitan Transit Authority strongly favors the proposed route under Beverly Hills High School and 78 Beverly Hills homes according to a summary document obtained exclusively by The Beverly Hills Courier.” The [continue reading]
The Expo Line Construction Authority this week posted dozens of new photos of the project as work continues — a target date for opening the line to La Cienega Boulevard is in November. The above pic was taken from the Exposition Park/USC station looking toward the tunnel that carries the [continue reading]
The formal environmental review of the proposed downtown Los Angeles streetcar project is underway. The scoping meeting on May is a chance for the public to learn and weigh in on the project, other possible ways to improve transportation in downtown L.A. and possible streetcar routes. Here’s the news release [continue reading]
A key item concerning the Crewshaw/LAX Line on today’s Metro Board of Directors meeting agenda has been postponed until next month: a motion by Board Member Mark Ridley-Thomas to add a Leimert Park station and have tracks between 48th and 59th Street built underground. Here’s a post from yesterday with [continue reading]
