Measure R was approved by nearly 68 percent of Los Angeles County voters in 2008 as a half-cent sales tax that would be in effect for 30 years — with an expiration date of mid-2039. As many Source readers know, Metro staff are proposing to ask county voters to extend [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metro: Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Antonio Villaraigosa joined Los Angeles County Supervisor and Metro Board member Mark Ridley-Thomas today to announce the beginning of the advanced utility relocation work for the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor construction project which is the first contract awarded [continue reading]
A ceremony was held Friday afternoon in Exposition Park to welcome the Expo Line as the latest Metro Rail project to grace the transit scene in Los Angeles County. The Expo Line opens to the public on Saturday morning at 5 a.m. There will be free rides to the [continue reading]
After nearly five years of planning and scores of public meetings, the Metro Board of Directors on Thursday certified the Westside Subway Extension’s Final Environmental Impact Statement/Report (FEIS/R), the legally-required study that considers the many options, impacts and mitigations for the project. In addition, the Metro Board approved the route [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. Beverly Hills City Council action may delay Metro vote on [continue reading]
The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations on Thursday awarded $81 million in funding in the 2013 federal budget to two key Metro transit projects in Los Angeles, the Westside Subway Extension and the Regional Connector. “Thanks to the hard work of Senator Feinstein, today’s vote by the Senate Committee on [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. Villaraigosa’s legacy focuses on transportation plan (L.A. Times) L.A. Mayor [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. Mayor proposes extension of Measure R sales tax (L.A. Times) [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYJ_qK_U7kk&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] Here’s 11 minutes of footage from the announcement this morning that the Expo Line is opening April 28. Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Antonio Villaraigosa is joined by County Supervisor and Metro Board Member Zev Yaroslavsky (also the Board Chair of the Expo Line Construction Authority) and [continue reading]
Here are a few tidbits from this morning’s announcement that the Expo Line is opening to the public on Saturday, April 28: •Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Antonio Villaraigosa said that there will be free rides on opening day. •After the line opens, trains will be running [continue reading]
