Due to an employee strike, there is limited service on many of the DASH routes in downtown L.A., South L.A. and Hollywood. Here are the schedules for routes that will be in service: DASH Downtown Route D will operate approximately every 15 minutes during the AM and PM peak hours [continue reading]
First, thank you to everyone for reading the blog — we appreciate your eyeball time and your interest in local government and transportation. Second, I’ll be away from the blog until mid-July. My colleagues will put some posts up while I’m gone and then I’ll jump back into the blog [continue reading]
As some readers may recall, the Federal Transit Administration in Dec. 2011 found that Metro did not fully follow federal regulations and guidance about the process the agency used to make service changes. At the time, Metro released a compliance plan to correct the problems. And today the FTA found [continue reading]
Glam video from Discover Los Angeles showing people how to explore L.A. without a car. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmNj4h6_3OM]
The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday approved a strategy for accelerating second- and third-decade Measure R transit and road projects by a 9 to 3 vote. Among the 'yes' votes was outgoing L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa who has spent much of his second term pushing for the acceleration of [continue reading]
The Metro Board has unanimously voted to approve a $1,272,632,356 contract to Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructors for the final design and construction of the 8.5-mile Crenshaw/LAX Line light rail line. The project is funded in part by the Measure R half-cent sales tax approved by Los Angeles County voters in 2008. [continue reading]
The meeting is ongoing. I'll have a post later on the Crenshaw/LAX Line project contract, project acceleration and associated financial issues. •The Board approved Metro's contribution of $52.7 million toward Metrolink operations for the 2013-14 fiscal year in addition to funds for a variety of other Metrolink projects. Metrolink is [continue reading]
The Board, led by Supervisor Gloria Molina, has taken the last few minutes to recognize outgoing Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, crediting him — rightly, I think — for pushing forward an ambitious transportation agenda over his past eight years as mayor and Metro Board member. “Much of what [continue reading]
The Board approved the contract as part of its consent calendar and below is the news release from Metro: The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board of Directors today approved a contract with BYD Motors for the manufacture and delivery of up to 25 new all-electric buses as [continue reading]
Select DASH bus services will be impacted today and until further notice due to an employee strike. Here’s the press release from LADOT: June 27, 2013—The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) announced that bus services for DASH Downtown and 14 of its DASH routes serving neighborhoods in [continue reading]
