148 Chambers of Commerce back America Fast Forward
I know this stuff is Extremely Wonky, so let’s start with this Bottom Line: America Fast Forward is a good way to reduce the cost of building big transit projects [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Tuesday, February 10
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! Today’s Metro rider profile from Zocalo Public Square: ‘Talking to Strangers Was My Job.’ Clearing the air on the SR 710 North (San Gabriel Valley [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Thursday, February 5
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! Today’s Zocalo Public Square Metro rider profile: a student and skateboarder traveling from 23rd Street to Melrose Avenue. Wilshire Boulevard will truly be a multi-modal [continue reading]
Obama’s budget: $100M for Purple Line to Century City
Good news for Los Angeles — President Obama’s proposed FY16 budget includes $100 million for the second section of the Purple Line Extension Project. Section two will run from Wilshire/La Cienega [continue reading]
Recap of Purple Line Extension community meeting
[scribd id=253429652 key=key-wE596JaqXAqEodyVQx05 mode=scroll] Metro held its first community meeting of 2015 for the Metro Purple Line Extension Project last week. The presentation, shown above, gave the public an overview on what is [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Thursday, January 22
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Go Metro and save at Page Museum at La Brea Tar Pits
The La Brea Tar Pits is one of the world’s most famous fossil sites, and lucky for us Angelenos, it’s smack in the middle of our city on Miracle Mile. [continue reading]
Graphic: Metro receiving record amount of federal $s
Above is a new chart from Metro on the amount of federal New Starts funding that Metro has received annually since 1993 — the year Metro was formed. New Starts [continue reading]
Reminder: Metro to hold community meeting for Purple Line Extension project tonight
Metro will be holding its first Purple Line Extension community meeting of 2015 on Thursday, January 15, to update the public on the progress of construction activities for the project’s first phase. The meeting, to be held in the Mid-Wilshire District, should provide a good foundation for what the public [continue reading]
Metro: what’s in store in the year ahead
Last year was a little busy around here, ‘little’ being a vast understatement. I’m guessing 2015 won’t be much different. Metro is in the midst of a $14-billion capital program — [continue reading]