[scribd id=353012977 key=key-EVncbjPPHqYgawnsqX7z mode=scroll] Above is a presentation (pdf here) on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement that was released in May for the Purple Line Extension’s second segment between the future Wilshire/La Cienega Station, downtown Beverly Hills and Century City. Long story short: the report found that Metro correctly located [continue reading]
Metro Bike Share launches in Pasadena on Friday — the first expansion of the system that began in downtown Los Angeles last summer. In Pasadena, Metro and its contractor, Bicycle Transit [continue reading]
The International Olympic Committee today released their evaluations of the L.A. and Paris bids for the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. Both bids are called “outstanding.” As you have probably [continue reading]
Avoid the blistering heat by joining us at this month’s Service Council meetings, all held in air-conditioned facilities! All Service Councils will hold the regular monthly meetings; however this month four of the Councils will also convene public hearings. The public is always welcome to attend and share input at [continue reading]
Recently — and to their surprise — Metro contractors found a late 19th Century jaw bone from a cow about six to eight feet below Wilshire Boulevard near the future Wilshire/La Cienega Station [continue reading]
Photos: Ken Karagozian, 2017 In downtown Los Angeles, Regional Connector Transit Project construction is in full swing in the Financial District. While crews work to relocate power lines at the Flower [continue reading]
Metro invites the public to participate in two community meetings on Thursday, June 29, 2017, to share design elements for Segment A as well as the next steps for the Rail to River project. Segment A would construct a walking and biking path along an old railroad right-of-way between the Crenshaw/LAX [continue reading]
[scribd id=351924167 key=key-VfQj6UW6ayN48o8CdpK9 mode=scroll] Pdf of agenda for download and printing is here. Below is the recap — I’ll include the online link once it’s published. [scribd id=352140230 key=key-0g4Q6AuQAN8GQ86ucU8g mode=scroll] Grab your agenda, scorecard and popcorn! The Metro Board of Directors’ regular monthly meeting takes place 9 a.m. Thursday morning [continue reading]
The Metro Board today approved a $1.4-billion budget and partnership agreements to extend the Metro Gold Line in the San Gabriel Valley another 11.5 miles east to Claremont. Partnership agreements establish a funding plan and shared roles and responsibilities between Metro and the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority, the agency [continue reading]
And here’s the video showing the first new Kinkisharyo train on the Blue Line in May: As we posted a couple months ago, the oldest rail cars on the Blue [continue reading]
