Metro EPW Testimony 072413 Metro CEO Art Leahy today testified in Washington D.C. in front of the U.S. Senate’s Environment & Public Works Committee; his testimony is above. The topic was an important one for the agency: the expanded TIFIA loan program approved by Congress in last year’s multi-year transportation [continue reading]
Division 13 is on its way to being halfway complete, but there’s still plenty of construction left. Starting this Friday, a segment of Cesar Chavez will be closed on weekend nights for the installation of underground DWP vaults. Here’s the construction notice from Metro: Cesar Chavez Street Closure August-September 2013
We had news yesterday of progress on bridges for the Gold Line Foothill Extension. And today comes this news release from the Expo Line Construction Authority: EXPO PHASE 2 CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON TRACK WITH BUNDY BRIDGE CONCRETE POUR Construction of the Expo Phase 2 project continues at a rapid pace with [continue reading]
During Bike Week LA, we collected nominations for the Golden Pedal Awards, Metro’s annual competition for great stories about bicycling. We’re featuring these stories in a weekly Why You Ride series – because for many Angelenos, every week is Bike Week! Breeanna Taylor bikes 12 miles down the Imperial Highway [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 Transportation Headlines online newspaper, which you can also access via email subscription (visit the newspaper site) or RSS feed. L.A. River advocates wait [continue reading]
This update from Metro's government relations staff neatly summarizes the current state of Congress: U.S. Senate Votes to Clear Way for Consideration of Transportation Spending Bill Today, the U.S. Senate voted, by a margin of 73 to 26, to invoke cloture on S. 1243, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development [continue reading]
From Caltrans: a list of the on/off ramps that are closed through this Friday. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will close the following lanes and ramps of the Golden State Freeway (I-5) as part of a $121 million improvement project to construct High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV or carpool) lanes [continue reading]
Click above to see progress on the San Gabriel River bridge. Photos by Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority. The Gold Line Foothill Extension project is under construction and making some big-time progress on the two dozen bridges that have to be built or modified to extend the Gold Line [continue reading]
The Metro Speakers’ Bureau will provide free presentations throughout Los Angeles County on a variety of transportation topics: New ridesharing options such as carpools and vanpools Metro’s On the Move Riders Club for seniors learning to navigate the system Rail and bus service How to go “green” with Metro The [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 Transportation Headlines online newspaper, which you can also access via email subscription (visit the newspaper site) or RSS feed. Running transit like a [continue reading]
