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. Measure J examined (The Transport Politic) Yonah Freemark takes a [continue reading]
What is the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor? Perhaps not as well known as some of the others, the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor is one of the 12 Measure R transit projects. The project is currently in the Alternatives Analysis (AA) phase in which different types of [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. Orange Line busway is Metro’s quiet success story (L.A. Times) [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmaAvuiL0HY&list=PL0D8E1D87131BEA1A&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Here are a pair of new safety videos for the Orange Line Extension, which is expected to open in June to the Chatsworth train station. The other video is after the jump.
The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday are scheduled to consider moving a key Measure R project — a connection to LAX — into the draft environmental study phase. Metro staff earlier this year finished the project’s Alternatives Analysis and held public workshops this spring to explain the project alternatives [continue reading]
photo by Carlos Felipe Pardo, via Flickr creative commons Interesting view of bus rapid transit in Pereira, Colombia — there are even turnstiles to get to the loading platform for the ‘Megabus.’ Here’s some more info about the project. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post [continue reading]
Metro planners and the city of Los Angeles hosted three community meetings last week to kick off a study that will identify options for improving transit service along the Van Nuys Boulevard corridor in the San Fernando Valley. For those who didn’t have a chance to attend, the presentation from [continue reading]
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 Metro Board has unanimously approved a motion by L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa that would protect all Tier 1 bus service — that is, major bus routes — for the rest of fiscal year 2011-12, which ends next July 1. The motion also asks Metro staff to recommend five corridors [continue reading]
[polldaddy poll=5185657] The front page story from Monday’s N.Y. Times about Europe’s transportation policies that push the car to the perimeter is still sparking discussion. Yesterday the Times invited nine experts to debate the issue: should the historically car crazy U.S. adopt a similar policy? It’s obvious from the commentaries [continue reading]
