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 blog. Fault findings break new ground (ZevWeb) USC Earth Sciences Professor James Dolan talks about the seismic work done in the Century City [continue reading]
The pair of reports on tunneling safety and seismic issues involving the Westside Subway Extension between Beverly Hills and Westwood have been posted online. The reports were the basis for yesterday’s oral report to the Board of Directors by a variety of engineers, geologists and seismologists. The gist of it: [continue reading]
The following was compiled by Metro. I’m posting it here as a companion to the previous post about seismic and tunneling issues along the Westside Subway Extension: Some of the world’s leading seismologists as well as tunneling engineers and other experts were involved in preparing or independently reviewing two geotechnical [continue reading]
Nationally and internationally-recognized seismologists, geologists and engineers recommended Wednesday that a subway station in Century City should be built under the intersection of Constellation Boulevard and Avenue of the Stars to avoid two earthquake faults in the area. Speaking to the Metro Board of Directors Planning Committee, experts also said [continue reading]
There will be an oral report given by Metro staff and consultants at the Metro Board of Directors’ Planning Committee on Wednesday on engineering, geotechnical and safety issues involving the building of the Westside Subway Extension in Beverly Hills, Century City and Westwood. The meeting begins at 1 p.m. at [continue reading]
The Beverly Hills Unified School District on Wednesday issued a news release headlined “Beverly Hills Unified School District demands Metro come clean with facts on Westside Subway Extension.” In particular, the School District alleges that Metro subway planners decided last week to drop a potential station at Santa Monica Boulevard [continue reading]
This is the second part in The Source’s new series called “Subway Facts & History” to address some of the issues generating discussion involving the Westside Subway Extension project. The facts below are based on information from Metro staff and consultants planning the project. The information, in various forms, has [continue reading]
The Westside Subway Extension is a big, complicated project that has been discussed in Los Angeles in one form or another for the past 50 years. Planning for the current project got underway in 2007 and is now in the final environmental review stage. The Source is launching a new [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 blog. Reason and not vitriol [pdf, page 6] (Beverly Hills Weekly) A call for a temporary cease fire in the Westside subway wars [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 blog. Saving electricity on a Philly subway line (New York Times) A long-standing problem: subway trains generate electricity when braking for stations. Up [continue reading]
