Major road and transit projects such as phase one of the Expo Line, the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project and the Orange Line busway extension could lose critical funding if the state fails to sell Prop 1B infrastructure bonds this year, according to a Metro staff report. The problem, in [continue reading]
Here’s a good post on Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky’s website about the effort to make room for more bikes on Metro Rail. Excerpt: Sunday’s CicLAvia ride through Los Angeles streets was not just a test of the city’s ability to embrace a car-free existence for a few hours. It also was [continue reading]
Happy weekend Source readers. Your Saturday is filled with Metro accessible options: you can check out the grand opening of La Plaza de Cultura y Artes (save $2 off admission by going Metro), get all granola at the Pasadena Earth & Arts Festival (free reusable bag for going Metro), or [continue reading]
photo by Robert Gordon, via Flickr A simple and very well composed photo of a New Jersey Transit commuter train in New Jersey. The photo was taken with a Nikon D90 with a shutter speed of three-tenths of a second, aperture f/5.0, 58 mm focal length and 200 ISO. To [continue reading]
The Foothill Extension Gold Line between Pasadena and Azusa follows an old rail right-of-way presently owned by Burlington Northern Santa Fe. The agreement with the freight railroad means that BNSF will abandon their rights to use the right-of-way between Azusa and Irwindale — where tracks still exist — and share [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 blog. Gas prices could soon break July 2008 record (USA Today) The national average is now $3.81 after three weeks of steady increase. [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. Lines 38, 105, 439, 705 Due to Expo Light Rail construction the listed lines will be on detour between La Cienega Blvd. & Jefferson Blvd. Line 38 [continue reading]
Metro tonight will become the new owner of Union Station, 38 acres of land around the station and the development rights associated with that land in the $75-million deal. The next step will be developing a master plan for the station. Here’s the details: Metro will this evening assume possession [continue reading]
This is the third story in our series examining how L.A. County’s 30/10 financing model — and its national counterpart America Fast Forward — could help other cities around the country. In 1998, change was afoot in North Carolina. In Mecklenburg County — home to Charlotte, the state’s largest city [continue reading]
photo courtesy NASA Here’s the thing: the above headline may not be true at the moment. But it will be true and perhaps sooner rather than later. The Expo Line has a target date of a partial opening in November and has multiple stops in the Exposition Park and USC [continue reading]
