Q&A: 25 years and counting of Metro Rail, part one
It’s time for the big Metro 25th Rail Anniversary Q&A! Here we go… What’s the significance of July 13, 1990? On that day, Los Angeles County had roughly 8.6 million [continue reading]
American Planning Association recognizes Metro’s First/Last Mile Strategic Plan
The American Planning Association has announced that Metro’s First/Last Mile Strategic Plan will be receiving the 2015 National Planning Excellence Award for a Best Practice. The First/Last Mile Strategic Plan, adopted by the Metro Board in April 2014, was a joint effort between Metro and the Southern California Association of [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Monday, January 12
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! Metrolink board members want to consider hiring Art Leahy (L.A. Times) While the Metrolink Board has said it will conduct a nationwide search, several Board [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Tuesday, December 2
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. Hit-and-runs take a rising toll on cyclists (L.A. Times) Using data from the CHP, the Times found that hit-and-run collisions involving cyclists increased 42 percent [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Monday, March 3
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! Have bike, will ride train — if only Metro will provide bike lockers (L.A. Times) Good opinion piece by Nicolas Goldberg. His dilemma: he wants [continue reading]
Officials break ground on project to improve pedestrian and bicycle access to Gold Line stations in Boyle Heights and Little Tokyo
One of the primary hurdles facing any rail transit project is the ability for people to easily reach the stations. With that goal in mind, a press event was held at Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights on Tuesday morning for a project to improve pedestrian and cycling connections to eight Gold [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Tuesday, October 11
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. Model Street Manual: A road map to sustainable transportation planning (L.A. Streetsblog) Progressive transportation planners heralded the launch last week of the [continue reading]
Gold Line Foothill Extension secures $6-million federal grant to build bus and pedestrian connections to future stations
Wow – some good news out of Washington D.C. for the Foothill Extension project, which will extend the current Gold Line from Pasadena for 11.5 miles to the Azusa/Glendora border. It’s great news because transit planners are always fretting — rightfully — on how to solve the “first mile-last mile” [continue reading]