Measure M: Purple Line subway to Westwood acceleration
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. Purple [continue reading]
How We Roll, Jan. 26: Expo Line extension coming this spring
Art of Transit: VerdeXchange day one highlights: Phil Washington, Earl Blumenauer (Streetsblog LA) Two announcements from Metro CEO Phil Washington: •The Expo Line extension to Santa Monica will open in May, [continue reading]
Video: a tour of Purple Line Extension Section 2
As many of you know, the first section of the project — from Wilshire/Western to Wilshire/La Cienega — is under construction. Early field work is also underway on the second [continue reading]
Section 2 Purple Line field work completed
Construction for the first section of the Purple Line Extension from Wilshire/Western to Wilshire/La Cienega continues to ramp up. Meanwhile, Metro is making progress on Section 2 that will extend [continue reading]
Agenda for May meeting of Metro Board of Directors
[scribd id=266699847 key=key-nkxBLoPHwmXMamFUIJTa mode=scroll] The Metro Board of Directors holds their monthly meeting on May 28 at Metro headquarters adjacent to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. The agenda is posted above including links to Metro staff reports on a wide variety of items. Two items caught my eye: •Item [continue reading]
Graphic: Metro receiving record amount of federal $s
Above is a new chart from Metro on the amount of federal New Starts funding that Metro has received annually since 1993 — the year Metro was formed. New Starts [continue reading]
Actions taken today by the Metro Board of Directors
A few highlights from the meeting (agenda here) of the Metro Board of Directors on Oct. 2, 2014: •Item 7: The Board approved a lease with Eric Needleman and Cedd Moses for a new gastropub for the Fred Harvey Room at Union Station. Staff report and earlier Source post. •Items [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Thursday, June 19
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Do all roads to Century City’s future lead to more traffic? (L.A. Times) Very interesting story — easily could have been longer and there’s some [continue reading]
Court rules for Metro in state lawsuits brought by Beverly Hills over subway extension
[scribd id=216031485 key=key-1xumqkq6cmk2o8l2g5m2 mode=scroll] A Superior Court judge ruled in favor of Metro on Wednesday in state lawsuits brought by the Beverly Hills Unified School District and the city of Beverly Hills alleging that the environmental studies for the Purple Line Extension project were flawed and needed to be redone. To put [continue reading]
A pair of nice views from Santa Monica Mountains of the route of the future Purple Line Extension along Wilshire Boulevard
In an attempt to burn some holiday-induced blubber yesterday, I made the short but scenic hike to Temescal Peak in Topanga State Park from the Palisades Highlands. As it happened, there were pretty nice views of the route the Purple Line Extension subway will take between downtown Los Angeles (left) and [continue reading]