Portland mayor boosts money for cycling, takes money from roads (Oregonian) Mayor Sam Adams boasted recently he’s increasing spending on bike infrastructure in Portland by 17 percent with money largely raised from gas taxes on motorists — and guess what, motorists are complaining. The Oregonian interviewed 18 motorists at a [continue reading]
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Advisories page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter. Blue Line After 8:15pm, Blue Line trains run every 30 minutes due to construction work for the future Expo Line. Please see schedule here. Dates: today only. [continue reading]
The special meeting today of the full Metro Board of Directors ended with a decision to delay a vote on the agency’s full budget until the next Board meeting on May 26. Several Board members wanted more time to review the lengthy budget document.
On the third leg of cycling activities for Bike Week L.A., street-wise commuters took a spin through downtown L.A. under cloudy skies for Metro’s annual downtown L.A. bike ride. The two-wheeled tour attracted several dozen cyclists clearly bent on demonstrating their commute of choice. Riders took off from Union Station [continue reading]
A 7.7-mile Wilshire Boulevard peak hour bus plane project was endorsed on Wednesday afternoon by the Metro Board of Directors’ planning committee by a vote of 5 to 0. It is the same route recommended by Metro staff. The route — shown above — includes a 2.3-mile segment west of [continue reading]
In celebration of Bike Week LA, Metro would like to show its appreciation of those who ride bikes as their primary way of getting around. Nominees were submitted through metro.net, [continue reading]
Proposed Inland Empire train would connect San Bernardino and Redlands (KCET) A plan is afoot in San Bernardino County to link two of its larger cities, Redlands and San Bernardino, using existing rail tracks and refurbished Metrolink trains. On either end of the nine-mile corridor are the planned Intermodal Transit [continue reading]
photo by Jeremy Brooks, via Flickr Another photo taken with an iPhone, this time on San Francisco’s Muni Rail. It’s obviously not good to see a cracked window — and I don’t know how it happened — but it was used to good photographic effect. To submit a photo for [continue reading]
In the lobby of the historic Los Angeles Theater, nearly 100 Angelenos participated in a workshop last night to learn about the proposed downtown L.A. streetcar project. Those who attended were also given the opportunity to make official public comments as part of the “scoping” process, during which planners will [continue reading]
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Advisories page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter. Gold Line Due to maintenance occurring after 9pm, northbound trains from Atlantic to Union Station will operate 5 minutes earlier than regular schedule. Trains will leave Atlantic [continue reading]
