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]
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U.S. Conference of Mayors backs America Fast Forward
The U.S. Conference of Mayors last week voted to back a resolution by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti that “urges Congress to create a new category of qualified tax credit bonds to fund $45 billion over 10 years for transportation to stimulate infrastructure investment.” Not exactly earth-shaking news. But it’s good [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Thursday, April 24
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Graphic: New Starts funding for Metro over the years — and finally on the rise again!
The above graphic is certainly worth a look. It shows the amount of federal New Starts money received by Metro on an annual basis since 1993. New Starts is a federal program that helps local transit agencies pay for big, expensive projects and most of the money shown above went [continue reading]
Both parts of America Fast Forward initiative are in President Obama's proposal for four-year transportation bill!
Earlier today in Minnesota, President Obama announced his proposal for a four-year transportation spending bill that would include both parts of Metro’s America Fast Forward initiative. If Congress was to vote the bill into law — and that’s a big ‘if’ — that could be a boon to Metro and [continue reading]
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti: The urban transit revolution depends on federal dollars
The following op-ed was written by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who also serves as the Vice chair of the Metro Board of Directors: The Urban Transit Revolution Depends on Federal Dollars By: Eric Garcetti Too often, the story of Los Angeles is written by pundits who are focused on [continue reading]
President Obama plugs America Fast Forward-type bond program
Interesting legislative update from Metro CEO Art Leahy, on a nice shout-out from President Obama on the proposed America Fast Forward bond program: President Obama Backs America Fast Forward Bonds in Address at Port of New Orleans Earlier today, at an event held at the port of New Orleans, President [continue reading]
Metro Board approves strategy to accelerate second- and third-decade Measure R projects
The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday approved a strategy for accelerating second- and third-decade Measure R transit and road projects by a 9 to 3 vote. Among the 'yes' votes was outgoing L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa who has spent much of his second term pushing for the acceleration of [continue reading]
Here is the Metro staff report on new project acceleration plan to be considered by agency's Board of Directors this month
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]
Transportation headlines, Thursday, June 6
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. Grove developer wants to extend trolley beyond shopping center (L.A. Times) Rick Caruso says [continue reading]