Just a reminder that the Metro Board of Directors have their regular monthly meeting on Thursday morning at Metro headquarters adjacent to Union Station at 9:30 a.m. Meetings are, of course, open to the public and in case you were wondering, the Metro Board room features free wi-fi. Here’s a [continue reading]
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last week threatened to veto a complicated budget proposal involving the gas tax. The veto threat jeopardized mass transit funding in the state. After negotations with the Legislature over proposals he sought, Schwarzenegger ended up signing the gas tax swap on Monday night. The gist of it: [continue reading]
Here’s a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Don’t forget you can also follow the Metro Library on Facebook and Twitter. It’s no secret that people have been migrating to cities over the [continue reading]
If you are now in possession of a citation for violating traffic and pedestrian laws around the Blue Line, don’t complain — you weren’t warned! As we posted last week on The Source in our series on Blue Line safety, there would soon be a sweep of the line by [continue reading]
After months of negotiations, it appears a dispute over a crossing on Phase 1 of the Expo Line light rail project is on the verge of being resolved. If so, a new station would be added at Farmdale Avenue and Exposition Boulevard, adjacent to Dorsey High School. A state administrative [continue reading]
The PowerPoint presentation that Metro staffers gave the public at last week’s meeting about whether to build a subway station at Crenshaw and Wilshire boulevards is online and available for download. It provides a basic overview of the subway planning process and the issues involved in whether a subway station [continue reading]
Five public meetings will be held beginning tonight in Los Angeles to discuss information about stations along the future Crenshaw Line. The light rail line will run between Crenshaw and Exposition boulevards in the north to the Green Line and Aviation Boulevard in the south and is scheduled to open [continue reading]
I have already posted about the engineering challenges of making the Blue Line safe and enforcement of traffic and pedestrian laws along the Blue Line. To quickly summarize: the line is heavily ridden, safety improvements have been made, the overall accident rate has been dropping and there have been crackdowns [continue reading]
Although the announcement of bus service returning to Dodger Stadium was made a couple weeks ago, local officials held a press conference today to formally introduce the new service, paid for by a $300,000 state anti-smog grant. The basics: ticket-holders to Dodger games can take the bus for free while [continue reading]
Here’s a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Don’t forget you can also follow the Metro Library on Facebook and Twitter. How does a busway down the middle of Van Nuys sound to [continue reading]
