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. TIFIA loans likely skewed toward new road projects (The Transport Politic) Good post by [continue reading]
Metro last year scored a win when Congress adopted part of the America Fast Forward initiative, expanding a federal loan program called TIFIA that offers low-interest, government backed loans. Metro is now pushing Congress to adopt the other half of AFF, a bond program designed to raise money to accelerate [continue reading]
One of the key questions facing the Metro Board of Directors at its meeting Thursday: should Metro continue to plan projects that are scheduled to be built in the second and third decades of Measure R? These include transit projects such as an extension of the Gold Line from East [continue reading]
First, a point of emphasis: the America Fast Forward program to expand federal funding to speed up the construction of transportation projects is very much a work-in-progress. Congress adopted part of America Fast Forward last year — an expanded federal loan program called TIFIA that backs loans with the big [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. London Tube turns 150 (Flickr) To celebrate the venerable Tube’s big birthday, Flickr has [continue reading]
[scribd id=119869249 key=key-21tkgekmu3itd3keerx3 mode=scroll] It was a huge victory last year when Congress approved part of Metro’s America Fast Forward program in the latest federal transportation spending bill. The expansion of the federal loan program called TIFIA will supply transit agencies across the nation with low-interest loans backed by the [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. 2012’s biggest transportation successes (The Atlantic: Cities) After a year of fighting the [continue reading]
Metro December 2012 agenda. Here’s the agenda for the final Metro Board of Directors’ meeting of 2012. The public portion of the meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday at Metro HQ adjacent to Union Station. Members of the public, as always, are welcome to attend; the meeting is in [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ozF0OVXMWY[/youtube] A short little video about some of the things L.A. is doing right with transportation.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri_nZpMpNz0&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]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 orRSS feed. Miss Traffic Offers Tips for Taking Bikes On Metro During CicLAvia (Metro via YouTube) [continue reading]
