[scribd id=219872562 key=key-pznk1wn3tzezfxvcfsm mode=scroll] The Metro Board of Directors meets on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at Metro headquarters for their regular monthly meeting. The agenda is posted above and below is some of the more interesting items on the docket: •Item 17, a motion by Board Member Paul Krekorian asking [continue reading]
[scribd id=218151317 key=key-2cpd0gptuj98ddtz1dwv mode=scroll] Metro staff recommends a $927.2-million design/build contract with Regional Connector Constructors (a Joint Venture between Skanska USA Civil West California District, Inc., and Traylor Bros. Inc.) to build the Regional Connector project. The staff report is above. The 1.9-mile underground rail line, forecast to be complete in 2020, [continue reading]
Please see the advisory above from the Expo Line Construction Authority. A lot of construction work continues throughout the alignment between Culver City and Santa Monica.
The L.A. Times Festival of Books takes over USC this weekend with music, food, films, books, books and more books! The event is free to attend; hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Getting to the Festival of Books without [continue reading]
Progress continues on the second phase of the Measure R-funded Expo Line between Culver City and downtown Santa Monica. The folks at the Expo Line Construction Authority sent over the above photos, all taken in recent days. Both Expo Line Phase 2 and the Gold Line Foothill Extension are more than [continue reading]
We posted last month about proposed route changes for buses in the San Fernando Valley. One of the proposals is for the creation of a new 588 bus that would operate at peak hours that would run between Westwood and Nordhoff Street in North Hills, mostly along the 405 freeway and [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! General Motors misled grieving families on a lethal flaw (New York Times) The auto manufacturer in February issued a recall for 1.6 million Cobalts and [continue reading]
The above is from the Expo Line Construction Authority, the agency building the second phase of the light rail line between Culver City and downtown Santa Monica. There is more information about the project and photos on the Authority’s Facebook page.
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! On Expo and Gold Line projects, light rail cars could be in short supply (KPCC) Media coverage of the story posted on ZevWeb about the [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! Looming train shortage at Metro (ZevWeb) Metro is in a race against time. Literally. The big question tackled by this story on Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky’s [continue reading]
