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! Super long waits for a train (New York Times) http://storify.com/metrolosangeles/mass-transit-bowl There was a single New Jersey Transit commuter train line serving the Meadowlands and Super [continue reading]
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! Are people really going to take the train to LAX? (LA Weekly) Reporter Gene Maddeus takes a skeptical look at ongoing studies to connect Los [continue reading]
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! Rest in Peace, Pete Seeger…. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4i8ziSHkNA] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhPS_MBAIcw] Rail alone can’t reinvent L.A. (L.A. Times) Ethan N. Elkind is pleased to see that three rail transit [continue reading]
[scribd id=192412340 key=key-1okk7vbn8e5ka3l65cwv mode=scroll] In 2013, Supervisors and Metro Board Members Mark Ridley-Thomas and Gloria Molina began promoting a proposal to build an 8.3-mile pedestrian and bike path that would connect the future Crenshaw/LAX Line to the Los Angeles River. The path would follow the old Harbor Subdivision rail right-of-way that [continue reading]
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! Metro shelves directly rail line to LAX (L.A. Times) Laura Nelson sifts through yesterday’s marathon discussion by the Metro Board on the Airport Metro Connector [continue reading]
The Metro Board spent nearly two hours discussing which alternatives to study in the draft environmental study for the Airport Metro Connector project. The bottom line: •Four alternatives recommended by Metro staff (staff report) will go forward into the draft environmental impact study, the document required by law before anything [continue reading]
Here are some of the more interesting items tackled today by the Metro Board of Directors at their January meeting: •Item 76, the Board approved a public hearing on March 29 to review two fare restructuring proposals released by Metro staff on Friday. At this point, the Board is scheduled [continue reading]
[scribd id=201323163 key=key-2an851un2efjzomlzyhw mode=scroll] UPDATE: The gavel has dropped on the meeting and it’s now underway. This is a big meeting, folks, with tons of interestingness (relatively speaking) and a lot of important items. For those attending and media: might be a good idea to have a few Red Bulls [continue reading]
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! This is a long one today, folks — lots of news since last week to catch up on. And away we go… Metro breaks ground [continue reading]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c9AP2w9j6U&feature=youtu.be] And here is video of this morning’s groundbreaking for the Crenshaw/LAX Line. There are nice comments about mobility — and the need for more of it — from U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. Metro would like to extend a [continue reading]
