The final Thursday of the month is upon us, meaning the full Metro Board of Directors will convene at Metro HQ in downtown Los Angeles tomorrow at 9 a.m. for their regular meeting. The meeting, of course, is open to the public; the Metro building is adjacent to Union Station. [continue reading]
The monthly meeting of the Metro Board of Directors just began a few minutes ago. The Board’s first action: they approved a one-month postponement of Item 9, a $37.3-million contract to a firm to do the environmental studies for the 710 gap project. Metro CEO Art Leahy said several issues [continue reading]
As usual, the meeting is in the Metro headquarters adjacent to Los Angeles Union Station. The public is welcome to attend. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Here’s the agenda. The big item tomorrow is the Board’s consideration of the Crenshaw/LAX Line’s final environmental document. The Board [continue reading]
The Metro Board will consider Thursday awarding a $37.3-million contract to CH2M Hill to prepare the environmental impact reports and preliminary engineering for a potential project to help improve traffic congestion in the area of the gap in the 710 freeway between Alhambra and Pasadena. Here’s the staff report from Thursday’s [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. South Pasadena Council adopts new stance toward 710 extension (Pasadena Star News) The Council last week rescinded its policy to be opposed [continue reading]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. Mass transit connector to LAX moves forward, but should it? (KCET SoCal Focus) A provocative post from writer Matthew Fleischer argues that connecting the [continue reading]
Metro issued a long news release today about its highway program — specifically the many projects either underway or in the planning stage. As the release states, Metro’s highway program is often overlooked because of the agency’s transit programs. But the highway program is important. The most recent Census Bureau [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors met in downtown Los Angeles for their monthly meeting Thursday morning and took action on several items of interest below. As of 11:45 a.m., the meeting is still in progress and the Board still has items to discuss in closed session. Please note that Los [continue reading]
Community meetings about possible projects to improve traffic — or if there’s any need for a project — in the area of the 710 gap kicked off this week. For that reason, the project is being called “710 Conversations. ” One thing not prominently mentioned in news coverage of the [continue reading]
In 2008, Los Angeles County voters approved the Measure R sales tax increase — and, along with it, a long list of transit and road projects to be funded by the half-penny sales tax hike. One of those projects: improving traffic in the area of the 4.5-mile gap in the [continue reading]
