[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHK-qn6uNQI&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] In the latest edition of Metro Motion, the Metro Orange Line extension is off to a great start, improving mobility through the San Fernando Valley and bringing faster travel times, improved bus and rail connections and a chance to discover the rich history and beautiful scenery of Chatsworth. Gene [continue reading]
The State Route 710 project’s technical advisory committee met this morning at Metro headquaters in downtown Los Angeles. The topic of discussion: the performance of the alternatives under review for the Alternatives Analysis phase of the study to improve mobility in the western San Gabriel Valley and surrounding area. A [continue reading]
This document was just posted to metro.net explaining the decision to eliminate seven of 12 alternatives that were part of the ongoing study to improve traffic in the area of the 710 gap between Alhambra and Pasadena (pdf download here). SR710 Announcement Aug 2012
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. Metro staff chooses final 710 routes for environmental study (Pasadena [continue reading]
Here is the news release from Metro: Metro staff, working in conjunction with Caltrans, is recommending that the list of alternatives being studied for the SR 710 north-south connection from Alhambra to Pasadena be pared from 12 to five for further environmental study based on operational, engineering, financial and environmental [continue reading]
As many readers are surely aware, the ongoing studies to improve traffic in the area around the gap in the 710 freeway just finished their latest round of community meetings. Not surprisingly, the meetings got a lot of fur flying in some communities — the reason I wanted to post [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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. So did London pass the Olympic test? (The Independent) [continue reading]
Metro will host a series of seven SR-710 Community Liaison Council (CLCs) meetings starting August 6 through August 13, 2012. The purpose for the meetings is to provide members of the CLCs an overview of what was heard from the public and a detailed explanation on alternatives presented at the SR-710 [continue reading]
REDCAT’s New Original Works Festival is back, and week one features programs by Opera Povera, Poor Dog Group and Susan Simpson. Head out this Friday and catch some great theatre performances. The show starts at 8:30 p.m. at the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex and general admission tickets are $18. [continue reading]
Measure R Extension: The big-ticket item at Thursday’s Board of Directors meeting is a scheduled vote on whether the Board wants to ask voters to extend the half-cent sales tax beyond its mid-2039 expiration date. Metro staff is proposing to extend the tax as a way to possibly accelerate all [continue reading]
