Art of Transit: Newsflash1!: I know there were tough commutes for Blue Line and Gold Line riders on Monday. On the Blue Line there was a train-person incident that resulted in a [continue reading]
UPDATE, 3 P.M. WEDNESDAY: The motion was withdrawn and will not be considered at Thursday's Board meeting. We posted the newly released Alternatives Analysis (AA) yesterday for the SR-710 project that aims to improve traffic in the area near the gap in the 710 between Alhambra and Pasadena. Above [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. Good morning, folks. Headlines is back after a short break. I’ll probably need [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday voted 10 to 3 to ask Los Angeles County voters to extend the Measure R half-cent sales tax for 30 years beyond its 2039 expiration date to possibly accelerate transit and road projects funded by the original Measure R while creating jobs in [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metrolink: LOS ANGELES – After skipping a fare increase last year, the Metrolink Board of Directors approved a seven percent average systemwide fare increase to go into effect on or after July 1, 2012. Funds generated from the increase will be used exclusively to help [continue reading]
With the first phase of the Expo Line scheduled to open later this month, I recently interviewed Darrell Clarke, the co-chair of Friends 4 Expo Transit, a group that has worked tirelessly to ensure that Los Angeles has light rail, rather than a busway — or no transit at all [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYJ_qK_U7kk&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] Here’s 11 minutes of footage from the announcement this morning that the Expo Line is opening April 28. Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Antonio Villaraigosa is joined by County Supervisor and Metro Board Member Zev Yaroslavsky (also the Board Chair of the Expo Line Construction Authority) and [continue reading]
Metro officials joined labor and business leaders on Wednesday morning at a rally along the Orange Line Extension in Chatsworth to urge the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a two-year transportation spending bill. Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Antonio Villaraigosa, Metro Directors Richard Katz and Mel Wilson [continue reading]
In a meeting at Metro the other day, Metrolink Board Chairman Richard Katz said that Metrolink will be increasingly trying to offer special service for big events. The commuter railroad — partially funded by Metro — saw huge crowds with its special trains to the U2 shows in Anaheim last [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnm3ATsVlkA&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] This new video from the Office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa — who just assumed the role of Chairman of the Metro Board — looks at his transportation program, including many of the projects that Metro is planning or building. The video also includes some snippets about America Fast Forward, [continue reading]
