LRTP forecast report One of the challenges of having an ambitious agenda when it comes to building transportation projects is staying on top of funding and evoling project cost information. In a perfect world, things such as revenue streams and project budgets never budge; in the real world they change [continue reading]
The Alondra Boulevard Bridge and a segment of Alondra Boulevard will be closed starting June 10 for construction work. Here’s the press release from Caltrans: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will fully close the Alondra Boulevard Bridge and a segment of Alondra Boulevard in both directions between Freeway Drive [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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Brown’s budget sends cap and trade funds to the black hole of the general [continue reading]
One of the seldom seen aspects of Metro’s work is how closely the agency works with all of the cities in Los Angeles County. The coordination covers a broad range of activities such as local permits for work on major transit and highway projects, project planning, providing funding to cities [continue reading]
I know there are a lot of folks who have been watching this item concerning a possible development impact fee program (here’s the staff report). It has been withdrawn from consideration from this month’s Board meetings and will likely be rescheduled soon. For curious readers: items are frequently withdrawn from [continue reading]
Hola Mexico Festival returns to Los Angeles tomorrow, May 15, through May 22 with the best in Mexican films, food and music. Films will be showing at Regal Cinemas at LA LIVE, the Los Angeles Theatre and LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes. Go Metro to any of the participating venues and [continue reading]
Here are the latest ridership numbers for the Metro bus and rail system. Nothing jumps out at me as big news — it looks like most numbers in recent months are holding steady. In terms of overall ridership, Metro had nearly 40.5 million boardings in April 2013 compared to 37.9 [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, our roundup of the latest Metro related tweets. To get our attention, add the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets and subscribe to our feed if you haven’t already. For specific complaints and customer service, please use the Customer Comment Form on metro.net. http://storify.com/metrolosangeles/metrolosangeles-twitter-tuesday-may-14-edition
Here is the news release from Metro and photos of the suspect are above: Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, Chair of Metro’s Board of Directors today announced a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect who recently boarded a Metro [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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Young Americans lead trend toward less driving (New York Times) [continue reading]
