We launched the Source quickly last month in time to report on the October meeting of the Board of Directors. But I wanted to circle back and try to better explain something that happened at the September meeting — when the Board voted to seek federal funds for both the [continue reading]
Here are today’s headlines courtesy of the Metro library, the same folks who will not stop until everything — and I mean everything — is a series of 1s and 0s. A few stories caught my eye this morning. Amtrak is going to put free wi-fi on its Acela trains [continue reading]
I was in Springdale, Utah, over the weekend, visiting nearby Zion National Park. At one point I ducked into a gear store and spied this T-shirt, which made me laugh. Obviously the message is funny — albeit one-sided and I’m not in favor of arming gas pumps — but I [continue reading]
As many readers already know, a proposed deal for Metro to spend $300 million to purchase 100 new rail cars from the manufacturer AnsaldoBreda collapsed over the weekend when the company asked again for changes to a contract with the agency. The Los Angeles Times’ editorial page weighed in on [continue reading]
Here’s today’s version of the Metro Library’s transportation headlines. The Metro Library is kind of like the E Street Band, by the way: they just keeping cranking it out, day after day after day. In an opinion piece in the Pasadena Star-News, State Sen. Bob Huff is pleased that the [continue reading]
Here are today’s transportation headlines, courtesy of the ever-helpful Metro Library. I think the big story this week is the federal government’s sudden interest in banning texting while driving. A good piece by Wired explains what the feds can and can’t do — basically the best hope is to bribe [continue reading]
The Census Bureau this week released results from its latest community surveys taken from 2006 to 2008. The survey includes a wealth of data about people’s commutes in Los Angeles County. Here, for example, is a spreadsheet from the Census Bureau showing the average one-way commute times for people living [continue reading]
An interesting development today: Rick Thorpe, Metro’s chief capital management officer, resigned from his position at Metro. Thorpe, however, is staying on as the CEO of the Expo Line Construction Authority. In his Metro job, Thorpe was in charge of overseeing (among other things) the rail projects that Metro is [continue reading]
My colleague Fred Dennstedt and I had a chance to ride the new Eastside Gold Line Extension from Union Station to East Los Angeles and back this afternoon. Here are our impressions:
After a long career with Metro, the agency’s chief planning officer Carol Inge announced this week that she will be retiring at the end of the year. Carol is certainly leaving on a high note: last week the Metro Board unanimously adopted a $300-billion long-range plan that was assembled by [continue reading]
