This weekly post features news from other transit agencies and planners from around the world. Did we miss a good story? Let us know in the comments. Steelers, casino to foot bill for free transit rides on new Pittsburgh line Here’s an interesting tidbit coming in over the wire: The [continue reading]
The Board approved a motion by Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky asking Metro staff to plan to lock the gates at Metro Rail stations within the next five or six months. “I think the evidence is resounding and clear — there are a lot of people who have been avoiding paying their [continue reading]
During his monthly oral report to the Board of Directors, Metro CEO Art Leahy told the Board: •In the wake of the accident on Wednesday in which a private vehicle struck a platform on the Harbor Transitway and injured six people, Leahy said that he would ask Metro staff for [continue reading]
The monthly meeting of the Metro Board of Directors is just getting underway. Here’s the agenda for the meeting. We’ll have coverage during the day on The Source. The meeting can be listened to over the phone by calling 213-922-6045.
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Los Angeles Mobility Element community meetings start this weekend (The Source) Just a quick [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Southland gas prices reach highest amount since late May (CBS [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. High-speed rail plan would electrify Caltrain tracks (San Francisco Chronicle) [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Above: A nice feature from ABC 7, which highlights the [continue reading]
Here’s the update from Metro’s government relations staff: Moments ago, the U.S. House of Representatives voted by a margin of 237 to 187 to adopt H.R. 3408, the Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security Act or PIONEERS Act. House GOP leaders will [continue reading]
Transit agencies across the U.S. have been waiting with baited breath to find out if their projects would qualify for New Starts funding from the Federal Transit Administration. If New Starts sounds familiar, it should: it’s the same program through which the Regional Connector and Westside subway are slated to [continue reading]
