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]
The folks at Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority hosted a media tour Thursday of the light rail project that will extend the Gold Line for 11.5 miles from eastern Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border with new stations in Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale and Azusa and a sprawling light rail [continue reading]
[scribd id=207207539 key=key-1kmknh8wcem195hbajgx mode=scroll] Metro held two community meetings on Thursday in Beverly Hills to explain upcoming work on the first phase of the Purple Line Extension that will run for 3.9 miles between the Wilshire/Western station and the new Wilshire/La Cienega station. The Beverly Hills Courier covered the meetings but their [continue reading]
A noteworthy construction milestone was reached today when the first of 18 new power traction substations was delivered to the Gold Line Foothill Extension and the Expo Line projects. The first of the substations — which transfer electricity to the overhead wires — was delivered to the Foothill Extension in [continue reading]
The 11.5-mile Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension is now 50 percent complete, according to the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, which is building the Pasadena-to-Azusa/Glendora border project. Below are an awesome collection of aerial photos taken in recent days by the Construction Authority. The news release — with a [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! First look at Broad Museum’s public plaza and new restaurant (Curbed LA) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSlWBQ8oFHM#t=12] Very interesting look at the plaza and eating space that the Broad [continue reading]
[scribd id=206216538 key=key-276tey30ejma86c7z717 mode=scroll] As some of you already know, Metro’s Service Councils this month are holding public hearings on proposed bus service changes to take effect in June. The above staff report details all the changes, including maps of proposed bus routes. Perhaps the most interesting changes proposed involve [continue reading]
Metro is holding a pair of community meetings on Feb. 13 to discuss utility relocation and other work that needs to be done in preparation for construction of the Purple Line Extension’s Wilshire/La Cienega station. Metro has a “Master Cooperative Agreement” with the city of Los Angeles that governs how [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]
