From the archives: 1st Street’s streetcars
It’s easy to picture L.A. as a railway hub. We have the trains to prove it. But we also at one time had one of the most extensive streetcar systems in the country.
Transportation Delegation Heads to Washington to Promote L.A./Anaheim High Speed Train
A group of Southern California transportation officials are in Washington today, making their case that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provide funds for an initial high-speed rail corridor between Downtown Los Angeles and Anaheim. Officials are seeking more than $2 billion from Washington for a project expected to cost [continue reading]
Federal funding: everybody wants some!
With Metro’s long-range plan scheduled for a vote Thursday, things around One Gateway Plaza are starting to heat up. Case in point: A letter from 14 members of Congress landed in the building Tuesday morning requesting that the Board of Directors seek federal money for three additional projects: The Gold [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Oct. 20
One of the regular features on The Source will be transportation headlines that are compiled each day by Matthew Barrett, the head of Metro’s Library and Archives. The headlines are also posted each day on the Metro Library’s blog, along with other supplemental material. Census data show big differences within [continue reading]
Long-range plan a long time coming
The Metro Board of Directors huddle up for their monthly meeting on Thursday. The big ticket item on the agenda is the Board’s scheduled vote on adopting a long-range plan to guide the agency for the next three decades. The draft plan was released in early 2008 but approval from [continue reading]
With or without you, Metro adds late night service for U2 Concert
Nearly 100,000 fans are expected to converge on the Rose Bowl this Sunday, Oct. 25, for the 7 p.m. U2 concert — the largest on the band’s world “360 Tour.” Heavy traffic, congested streets and limited parking are expected around the stadium. In other words, the usual traffic mayhem associated [continue reading]
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Dear Reader: As many of you are probably keenly aware, taxpayers and Metro passengers spend a lot of money each year – more than $4 billion — to keep this agency running. That’s a big pile of dough by any measure. To put it another way, each weekday Metro is [continue reading]