Avoid the blistering heat by joining us at this month’s Service Council meetings, all held in air-conditioned facilities! All Service Councils will hold the regular monthly meetings; however this month four of the Councils will also convene public hearings. The public is always welcome to attend and share input at [continue reading]
The Metro Board today approved a $1.4-billion budget and partnership agreements to extend the Metro Gold Line in the San Gabriel Valley another 11.5 miles east to Claremont. Partnership agreements establish a funding plan and shared roles and responsibilities between Metro and the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority, the agency [continue reading]
When is the earliest the Purple Line Extension will open? Metro CEO Phil Washington has said that the agency is aiming to open the entire project to Westwood by 2024 [continue reading]
Above are some photos taken over the last several weeks of work on the Crenshaw/LAX Line, the 8.5-mile light rail line with eight new stations that will run between the [continue reading]
[scribd id=341419763 key=key-xNWIP2SsWQoSvCb8dDZG mode=scroll] [scribd id=341419765 key=key-m42QUErvgJESMBOSnd6y mode=scroll] [scribd id=341419762 key=key-fTMWSHjwRR4YcQWmZI0S mode=scroll] First, a reminder: Metro is still taking applications for those who want to serve on the Measure M Taxpayer Oversight Committee. Please see this post for more info and how to apply. Measure R — the half-cent sales [continue reading]
Click on a photo to see larger version. Harriet continues digging south under Crenshaw Boulevard and arrived at the Martin Luther King Jr. station this week. Harriet will now take [continue reading]
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/lacmta-tth-1019-2016 https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/lacmta-tth-1019-2016-esp This is the second of the two Telephone Town Halls held this month to provide information to the public about Measure M, Metro’s sales tax ballot measure. Measure proposes to raise the countywide sales tax by a half cent and to extend the Measure R half-cent sales tax [continue reading]
A ceremonial naming and lowering of the tunnel boring machine that will dig the twin tunnels for the Regional Connector project in downtown L.A. was held today in Little Tokyo [continue reading]
It’s been a busy year for L.A. County’s transportation revolution, as Metro opened two major rail line projects and continued building three more. But there were dozens of other, less [continue reading]
Click on the image above to visit the page. As you can see there are already a lot of questions and comments being posted ranging from operations to projects to Measure M, Metro’s sales tax ballot measure. And, for those unaware, AMA stands for ‘Ask Me Anything.’ UPDATE: There was [continue reading]
