Metro Board votes to take Measure R extension to voters
The final vote was 10-3. A post with more details soon.
Transportation headlines, Thursday, June 28
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. Orange Line busway is Metro’s quiet success story (L.A. Times) [continue reading]
Metro Board of Directors meeting is underway
Good morning, this is your government speaking. The gavel just dropped on today’s meeting of the Metro Board of Directors. Here is the agenda. You can listen to the meeting over the phone at 213-922-6045. With little else in the news today — the Ann Curry story is now two [continue reading]
The Orange Line Extension’s new bike lane
In addition to the new four miles of busway, the Orange Line Extension features four new miles of bike lane and walking path between Canoga station and the Chatsworth train station. Check out this story on Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky’s website. The accompanying photos were taken by Metro’s Dave Sotero, an [continue reading]
The art of transit
photo by Greg Spotts, via Twitter Art panels being installed along the Orange Line Extension in preparation for its public debut on Saturday. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet it to @metrolosangeles with an #artoftransit [continue reading]
Congress may finally have a new multi-year transportation spending bill
The story has been developing throughout the day — it seems the Senate and House have struck a deal to pass the first multi-year bill since 2005. That bill had expired in 2009 and been given a number of short-term extensions while Congress bickered over the new bill. It’s never [continue reading]
Potholes, what are they good for? Absolutely nothin’!
Let’s face the facts. The road conditions around much of Los Angeles County STINK. When it comes to cycling in the region, there’s nothing worse than knowing you’ll inevitably be encountering one of the many potholes, bumps, cracks, and cratered manholes scattered throughout the area. Too often, they tend to ruin [continue reading]
On Transportation column: June 27 edition
Measure R Extension: The big-ticket item at Thursday’s Board of Directors meeting is a scheduled vote on whether the Board wants to ask voters to extend the half-cent sales tax beyond its mid-2039 expiration date. Metro staff is proposing to extend the tax as a way to possibly accelerate all [continue reading]
Celebrate the opening of the Orange Line extension on June 30!
Metro will celebrate the opening of the Orange Line Extension with fun-filled family events at two stations on Saturday, June 30. Festivities will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will include food trucks, live music and much more. Canoga Station ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. community booths [continue reading]
State bill to allow vote on Measure R extension clears Senate transportation committee
The vote on AB-1446 (by Assemblyman Mike Feuer, D-Los Angeles) was yesterday afternoon. The state bill is needed in order to put a Measure R extension on a ballot before county voters. On a related note, the Metro Board of Directors is scheduled to vote on whether to take the [continue reading]