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 blog. Mass transit’s State of the Union (Huffington Post) Given President Obama’s State of the Union address last night, today’s a good time [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors meets tomorrow at 9 a.m. at Metro headquarters adjacent to Los Angeles Union Station. The big item on the agenda – posted below – is consideration of a Project Labor Agreement that sets hiring targets for many Metro transit and highway projects to ensure that [continue reading]
Here’s the part of President Obama’s State of the Union speech Tuesday that dealt with infrastructure: Building this new energy future should be just one part of a broader agenda to repair America’s infrastructure. So much of America needs to be rebuilt. We’ve got crumbling roads and bridges; a power [continue reading]
photo by Steve Hymon/Metro There’s transit out there somewhere in the big city. I took this one of Tuesday evening’s spectacular sunset with my iPhone 3GS from the 19th floor of Metro’s headquarters. I gave the colors a slight nudge with the Camera+ app — but only a slight nudge. [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ6mmwO0uZc&feature=relmfu[/youtube] This excellent segment titled “Train Wars” on the proposed high-speed rail project in California was produced by filmmakers Roger Rudick and Luke Mines and recently aired on KQED in Northern California. It’s seven minutes long and I encourage you to watch — the segment takes a look at some [continue reading]
From Metro’s government relations staff this afternoon: California’s State Auditor, Elaine Howle, released a follow-up report today on her office’s findings on the California High Speed Rail Project. The report asserts that the project’s financing is “increasingly risky,” its ridership numbers are questionable and its contractor oversight is inadequate. Please [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, our roundup of the latest Metro related tweets. To get out attention, add the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets. For specific complaints and customer service, please use the Customer Comment Form on Metro.net.
Sheriff’s Deputies and Los Angeles Police Department officers this morning participated in a traffic enforcement operation on about seven-mile stretch of the Blue Line from the Florence station to Artesia. It’s in a section of the Blue Line in which trains run at speeds up to 55 miles per hour [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. Switching to a Connection (KCET) The writer D.J. Waldie ponders [continue reading]
A recent article in the Los Angeles Times reports that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and a representative from Metro had a “very preliminary” discussion with Chinese officials about the possibility of China making an investment in transit in Los Angeles. I considered this idea in a piece back in July 2010 in [continue reading]
