Art of Transit: VerdeXchange day one highlights: Phil Washington, Earl Blumenauer (Streetsblog LA) Two announcements from Metro CEO Phil Washington: •The Expo Line extension to Santa Monica will open in May, [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. About 15 years BEHIND @metrolosangeles and @myabqride https://t.co/oWEkoJ8rJZ — Ivey [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. The rush hour crowd captured by @wudlm #MetroBlueLine #MetroExpoLine #MetroRail #GoMetro #commuterlife A photo posted by Metro Los Angeles (@metrolosangeles) on Nov 11, 2014 at 6:53am PST L.A. begins the [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! Gold Line Eastside project environmental document released (San Gabriel Valley Tribune) Coverage of the release on Friday of the Eastside Gold Line Phase 2 environmental [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! Metro outlines light rail extension plans for Eastside Gold Line (San Gabriel Valley Tribune) The draft environmental study for the Eastside Transit Corridor Phase 2 project [continue reading]
Measure R 2nd/3rd decade update The Metro Board of Directors is gearing up for its September meetings and agendas are now posted for Board Committees. Of those, I thought the above Metro staff report above was the most interesting. It provides an update on the status of Measure R transit [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]
Metro project acceleration plan The Metro Board of Directors this month will consider a project acceleration plan that, on average, would lop an average of 10 years off the time it takes to build second and third decade Measure R transit and road projects. It’s a big deal for many [continue reading]
As you may have heard, there’s a runoff Tuesday in Los Angeles to elect the next mayor of the second-largest city in the nation — a city with about 3.8 million inhabitants and some well-known transportation challenges. I ran the following post on March 4, the day before the primary election in [continue reading]
MayoralLetterAFFBonds4-30-13 The America Fast Forward initiative got a nice boost last week when the U.S. Conference of Mayors issued a letter (above) to Congress supporting Metro’s attempt to create a new class of bonds that could be used to accelerate transportation projects across the country, including Metro’s Measure R highway [continue reading]
