At the Urban Land Institute’s Transit Oriented Los Angeles Summit on October 10, 2013, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced his first initiative as Mayor: The Great Streets Initiative. It was during this speech that I realized, the Mayor is a straight-up Planner! Great news in my book. Enjoy (most of) the [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! ART OF TRANSIT: A Metrolink train heads toward the tunnel in Soledad Canyon. From Metrolink’s Instagram feed. LAX discuss proposal [continue reading]
Metro Board Chair Diane DuBois and Doug Failing, Metro Executive Director of Highway Projects, will answer phoned-in questions from TV viewers on Metro Live from 7 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 17. But you can send in your advance questions now. Just send them to livechat@metro.net and remember to include your name [continue reading]
Photos: Tim Street Porter On Saturday, Oct. 19, Santa Monica will celebrate the opening of its Civic Center Parks. The two new centrally-located parks include Tongva Park, located between Ocean Avenue and Main Street, and Ken Genser Square, a new public gathering space in front of City Hall. The event is free [continue reading]
With the Crenshaw/LAX Line getting closer to construction in 2014, I wanted to address a specific issue involving the project: how the Metro Rail system will eventually connect to the terminals at Los Angeles International Airport. I also wanted to address a related notion floating around in the buzz-o-sphere that [continue reading]
The Measure R Independent Oversight Committee this morning approved Metro’s financing plan aimed at securing $160 million in federal Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (TIFIA) loans for the Regional Connector project. The committee, which is charged with reviewing the cost-effectiveness of financing Measure R projects, determined this type of federal [continue reading]
Artisanal LA is a weekend-long experience showcasing the country’s finest local, sustainable, handmade edibles and home goods. The event takes place Saturday and Sunday, October 12 – 13, at the L.A. Mart in the DTLA Fashion District. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. With all the shopping to be done [continue reading]
Photos: Peter Watkinson/Metro Thousands of schools across the country and in more than 40 other nations worldwide celebrate walking to school every “Walktober” and this morning, L.A. joined in with its first citywide Walk to School Day. Numerous schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District held events and organized [continue reading]
Steven White, who runs the “Accidental Urbanist” blog, has a good breakdown of the revisions in the works to help Metro customers more easily buy and replenish TAP cards at Metro ticket vending machines. Excerpt: If you’ve ever stood at a TAP Vending Machine, wondering where to start, how to [continue reading]
At the 8th CicLAvia on Sunday, Metro distributed bicycle patch kits, blinkers, and maps while asking passing participants, “Why do you ride (a bike), walk, or roll?” Some of the answers we received were: “because it’s cheaper,” “’cause it’s cooler than driving a car,” “burn fat, not oil,” “’cause it’s [continue reading]
