Metro seeks $2.4 billion from SB 1
The state of California is considering the first allocations from SB 1. Metro is not being shy with its requests and is asking for $2.4 billion for a variety of [continue reading]
How We Roll, April 3: a proposal to raise the gas tax and the challenge of making our streets safer
ICYMI: The exciting proposal for the third and watery phase of the Expo Line. Art of Infrastructure: Explosion on St. Petersburg Metro kills 11 as Putin visits city (NYT) No [continue reading]
Sacramento lawmakers call for expanded state funding of transit
State lawmakers — Adrin Nazarian, Ben Allen and Richard Bloom — visited a future Palms Expo Line station on Friday morning to urge the passage of two bills to greatly [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Monday, June 23
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! Los Angeles man dies week after assault at Metro Blue Line station (L.A. Times) A 65-year-old man who was assaulted by two women at the [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Thursday, September 5
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 Transportation Headlines online newspaper, which you can also access via email subscription (visit the newspaper site) or RSS feed. Have a transportation-related article you want included [continue reading]
State of California proposes legislation to keep federal transit funds flowing to Metro and other agencies
Some good news: it appears that a temporary solution has emerged to prevent Metro from losing $3.6 billion in federal funds due to an ongoing dispute over pension reform between the state of California and the U.S. Department of Labor. The solution involves a state bill exempting transit agencies from [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Monday, August 5
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 Transportation Headlines online newspaper, which you can also access via email subscription (visit the newspaper site) or RSS feed. BART strike averted, for [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Wednesday, May 15
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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Brown’s budget sends cap and trade funds to the black hole of the general [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Friday, April 12
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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Gov. Jerry Brown wants China aboard California’s bullet train (L.A. Times) The Governor also [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Thursday, July 19
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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. High-speed rail and a changing Union Station (KCRW “Which Way LA?”) At Union [continue reading]