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! Blue Line train strikes vehicle–at least 12 injured (L.A. Times) Initial reports are that a mini-van ran a red light and was struck by a [continue reading]
A few items of interest tackled by the Metro Board at today’s monthly meeting: •The Board approved Item 16 to provide $1.3 million for improvements to the Branford Street railroad crossing of Metrolink tracks in Los Angeles in the northeast San Fernando Valley. Improvements include pedestrian gates, roadway widening and [continue reading]
[scribd id=209011525 key=key-1xpgongm7bhikwckqykm mode=scroll] The Metro Board of Directors meets at 9:30 a.m. Thursday for its regular monthly meeting. The agenda is above or you can download the pdf here. A few items of general interest on the agenda: •Metro staff are considering establishing a budget to add fare gates [continue reading]
From our friends at the Federal Transit Administration: LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today celebrated the signing of a $670 million construction grant agreement to help build the Regional Connector light rail transit line in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. The two-mile [continue reading]
Officials from Metro and the Federal Transit Administration signed a pair of agreements Thursday that will provide a $670-million federal grant and a $160-million federally-backed loan for the Regional Connector light rail project. The total budget of the project is $1.37 billion. A media event with public officials is being [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! Yes to an Arts District subway stop (Downtown News) The editorial praises Metro CEO Art Leahy for directing Metro staff to study adding subway stations [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! 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! 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]
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! When is a fare hike really a fare cut (Human Transit) Transportation planner Jarrett Walker gives a brief review of Metro’s proposed fare restructuring/increases and [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]
