What are the unintended consequences of building the city of tomorrow? (UCLA Magazine) The article summarizes research UCLA’s School of Public Affairs that found that new development and gentrification near Metro Rail stations is squeezing out low-income residents. This article doesn’t try to quantify the scope of the problem, but does [continue reading]
Dept. of Catching Up: I was away last week and am in catch-up mode. Looks like a wee bit of news occurred… Art of Infrastructure: Art of Go Metro to See U2 perform ‘The Joshua Tree’ live at the Rose Bowl on May 20 & 21: Art of Transit Marketing [continue reading]
ICYMI: we’ve been celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Gold Line Foothill Extension, which opened last March, with giveaways at stations along the extension. Everyone can pick up a Golden Ticket, [continue reading]
This morning, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget released the blueprint outline of the President’s Federal Fiscal Year 2018 budget request to Congress. As outlined, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s budget would be cut by 13 percent. Currently, Metro assumes substantial federal funding in its financial plan. A lack of federal [continue reading]
Construction of the Burbank Airport-North Metrolink Station will begin on March 21 at the northwest corner of Hollywood Way and San Fernando Boulevard in Burbank. The $15-million project is expected [continue reading]
Get ready for more transit access to concerts, iconic views and hiking trails. Up to now, the DASH Observatory bus has only been operating during the weekend. But starting Tuesday, March 21, service to Griffith Observatory and the Greek [continue reading]
The Long Beach Transit Systemwide Transit Analysis and Reassessment (STAR) Initiative launched in order to evaluate different types of service investments and consider possible changes to LBT’s services and routes. The [continue reading]
Over the next five weeks, you may notice an increase in the presence of law enforcement on the Blue Line as the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and Metro security personnel conduct Operation [continue reading]
Metro is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Gold Line Foothill Extension, which opened March 5, 2016, with customer appreciation events on the following days: Thursday, March 16 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Arcadia Station Monrovia Station Thursday, March 23 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Duarte/City of Hope [continue reading]
ICYMI: VICE News, which airs on HBO, had an excellent segment on Measure M and the future of federal transpo funding on Wednesday. ICYMI2: Metro’s Innovation office received an unsolicited [continue reading]
