[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTIndCYxeHs&w=584&h=329] The above video was recently released by the High Desert Corridor [HDC] study team. For those new to the project, the HDC proposes to construct a new 63-mile east-west freeway between the 14 freeway and State Route 18 in the Antelope Valley. A rail link parallel to the new [continue reading]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqC21Hrcu1g&w=584&h=329] There was a nice event held Friday morning for the 10th anniversary of Gold Line service between Los Angeles Union Station and Pasadena. The event was organized by the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the agency that is overseeing construction of the 11.5-mile addition to the Gold Line [continue reading]
We had news yesterday of progress on bridges for the Gold Line Foothill Extension. And today comes this news release from the Expo Line Construction Authority: EXPO PHASE 2 CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON TRACK WITH BUNDY BRIDGE CONCRETE POUR Construction of the Expo Phase 2 project continues at a rapid pace with [continue reading]
Click above to see progress on the San Gabriel River bridge. Photos by Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority. The Gold Line Foothill Extension project is under construction and making some big-time progress on the two dozen bridges that have to be built or modified to extend the Gold Line [continue reading]
UPDATE: The court hearing has been moved to Friday, July 19, at 8:30 a.m. There are currently three state and three federal lawsuits being pursued against Metro challenging the environmental studies for the Regional Connector project, the 1.9-mile underground light rail line that will tie together the Blue Line, Expo [continue reading]
June Board meeting agenda The Metro Board of Directors meeting on Thursday should be both interesting and longer than a cold winter’s night with a broken furnace and no firewood, matches or a blanket. The Board has a lot on its collective plate, including several items that taken together will [continue reading]
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. L.A. County cities fight over Metro plans for new [continue reading]
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. Ten minutes with tunnel boring machines that tweet (Engineering [continue reading]
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. Some L.A. County bus drivers say pesticides are making them ill [continue reading]
