Here’s the link to the new web page on the 30/10 Initiative that received the unanimous support of the agency’s Board of Directors earlier today. The page, shown at right, includes the list of 12 transit project that the 30/10 plan hopes to accelerate and/or help fund. Some of these [continue reading]
The agency’s Board of Directors also voted Thursday to hold a special meeting within the next 60 days to discuss the fare increase scheduled to take place on July 1. The meeting has been scheduled for Saturday, May 8, at 10 a.m. at Metro headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. The [continue reading]
The Board of Directors of Metro on Thursday unanimously voted to support the 30/10 Initiative that proposes to seek federal funds to build a dozen mass transit projects in the next 10 years instead of the 30 years. The plan also would try to speed the construction of some highway [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors just unanimously voted to support the 30/10 initiative to try to accelerate the building of transit and road projects by using federal loans and other funds. I’ll have a full story posted shortly.
The monthly meeting of the Metro Board of Directors is underway in downtown Los Angeles. But it appears that there won’t be debate today on Item 55, a recommendation by Metro staff to launch a new round of studies on how to improve traffic in the area surrounding the 710 [continue reading]
On Wednesday, May 12, Metro is holding a day-long symposium on pedestrian-related issues around the region. The flier for the event is at right. The idea is to spark a discussion of the many issues related to walking in car-centric So Cal. There are several panel discussions throughout the day, [continue reading]
The organization ClimatePlan wants people, as its name implies, to do something about climate change and, specifically, sprawl that contributes to the burning of fossil fuels. As part of a series of emails on the topic to those who work in government, the above maps were included to show how [continue reading]
The monthly meeting of the agency’s Board of Directors will be held Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at Metro headquarters adjacent to Union Station in Los Angeles. Meetings are open to the public. Here’s a quick look at some of the more interesting items on the meeting’s agenda: •(Item 33) The [continue reading]
Here’s a little nugget tuck away in the cranium for those inclined to transit-related trivia: The largest metro rail system in the world now belongs to Shanghai thanks to yet another new line opening. Check out this fascinating post at The Transport Politic. Excerpt: Now Shanghai offers 282 stations and [continue reading]
An extension of the Green Line from its current terminus in Redondo Beach to the Torrance Transit Center is currently being studied by Metro. The project is in its draft environmental study phase and a new round of meetings begins soon to give the public a chance to catch up [continue reading]
