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]
A quick heads up: The Financial District/Flower Street meeting of the Regional Connector Community Leadership Council for Tuesday, June 25, has been cancelled. The next meeting of the Council is to be determined. More info on time and location soon.
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. Regional Connector construction concerns (Downtown News) The editorial loves the project [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]
This is the latest “under construction” map produced by Metro. As you can see, there are five rail projects shown that aren’t on the usual day-to-day rail map: the second phase of the Expo Line, the Gold Line Foothill Extension, the Crenshaw/LAX Line, the Regional Connector and Purple Line Extension [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. Westside development fuels debate over growth — smart or otherwise (L.A. Times) A good [continue reading]
Here’s the reminder from Metro staff working on the Regional Connector project: The 2/Hope Committee has been postponed to July. The following meetings remain scheduled for June: Station and Area Committee Meetings: 1st Street/Central Avenue Committee June 12, 2013; 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Japanese American Cultural and Community Center – 244 S San [continue reading]
Regional Connector PPT Metro is holding a round of community meetings this week to seek community input on a plan to extend work hours for specific activities requiring limited periods of overnight work to construct the Regional Connector underground light rail line through Downtown Los Angeles. (See community presentation above). [continue reading]
The Regional Connector project plans to hold meetings this week for residents and stakeholders near the site of planned light rail stations in Downtown Los Angeles. The team will provide a project update and discuss night-time construction activities. Here’s the meeting notices for Monday through Wednesday.
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]
