Upcoming meetings for North San Fernando Valley Bus Rapid Transit project
A key Measure M project in the San Fernando Valley is a new bus rapid transit line that would run across the northern part of the Valley. Public meetings [continue reading]
May roundup of Central L.A. projects
If you’ve been trying to keep track of the many Metro projects happening around Union Station and downtown Los Angeles, Metro’s Central L.A. Community Relations team sends a bimonthly email newsletter to subscribers about Metro-led projects that are being planned, designed or constructed in Central L.A. The newsletter even includes some [continue reading]
Meetings this month provide updates on Vermont Avenue Bus Rapid Transit project
[scribd id=378014071 key=key-BrY45gk9ENDooPSw189T mode=scroll] (pdf) VermontMay2018Presentation There are four more community meetings this month for Metro to provide an update on the Vermont Transit Corridor project. The project proposes to [continue reading]
Metro receives unsolicited proposal for Vermont bus rapid transit project
Metro has received an unsolicited proposal from AECOM and John Laing to bring advanced mobility technologies and next generation bus rapid transit to the Vermont Avenue Transit Corridor through a public-private partnership (P3). Additionally, the proposal could result in early delivery of this critical Measure M project. This is the [continue reading]
Draft study released for BRT or rail project between Van Nuys and Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink station
[scribd id=357786020 key=key-KbVeJ2yyV7jtjFmrLyXr mode=scroll] (pdf here) UPDATE: The public comment period has been extended until 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 30. And a public meeting has been added: Date: Tuesday, October [continue reading]
A look at the Vermont Bus Rapid Transit project
[scribd id=339530827 key=key-NsvjlhOk1qoV3doT6KH4 mode=scroll] (for pdf downloads, please click here) Earlier this month, Metro released the above presentation on the Vermont Avenue Bus Rapid Transit project. The presentation summarizes a technical [continue reading]
Preview of February Service Council meetings
All five Service Councils will meet in February and hear an update on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Studies from Metro Countywide Planning and Regional Service Performance Report. Additionally, all the Councils will consider the adoption of a decorum policy, with the exception of the South Bay Council, which adopted [continue reading]
Measure M: transit projects to receive funding from sales tax ballot measure
Above is the list of transit projects that would receive Measure M funding — along with groundbreaking and completion dates. Metro is also exploring public-private partnerships that may be used to accelerate some projects. Below are project descriptions. In some cases, a project’s final mode and route will be determined as [continue reading]
Ballot measure: bus rapid transit on Vermont Avenue in L.A.
One in a series of posts that will look at projects and programs that would receive funding from the sales tax ballot measure that the Metro Board has approved to send [continue reading]
Measure M: bus rapid transit on Vermont Avenue
One in a series of posts that will look at projects and programs that would receive funding from the Measure M sales tax ballot measure on the Nov. 8 ballot. What [continue reading]