Here is the latest news from Foothill Extension Construction Authority CEO Habib Balian: Equipment is being mobilized this week for the upcoming foundation work on the I-210 Bridge. As you can see from the images, a large drill rig and crane have been trucked in and are being assembled on [continue reading]
The federal gas tax — 18 cents per gallon — is due to expire at the end of September. If it vanishes — as some politicians would like — a lot of federal funding for transportation (and Metro) goes with it. The above video helps explain the gas tax and [continue reading]
In advance of the 900-person Mobility 21 Summit next week, we asked M21 executive director Marnie O’Brien Primmer to speak to us about transportation and traffic in Southern California. The Summit is a gathering of Southern California leaders who meet annually to create solutions to our mobility problems. Primmer’s responses follow. Though most transit riders have not [continue reading]
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal reveals that the White House is changing course when it comes to the federal surface transportation funding bill. Obama is now calling for a road-construction bill that would put people to work immediately and get existing infrastructure projects underway. This represents a [continue reading]
The Southern California Association of Governments (aka SCAG) held the last of its 18 community workshops yesterday in Santa Monica as a part of the process of updating its Regional Transportation Plan for 2012. Approving an RTP every four years is a prerequisite for regions to receive federal funding for transportation [continue reading]
A study from the Brookings Institute (PDF here) reveals that Angelenos without a car have the best access to public transportation in the nation – even beating out the New York City metropolitan area. We mentioned the report last week in Thursday’s Transportation Headlines post, since then stories have popped [continue reading]
The American Public Transportation Association — a member-based advocacy organization — has released a report [PDF] this month that highlights some of the challenges facing transit agencies around the country. The report crunches data from a survey of transit agencies that APTA conducted in the spring of 2011. While the [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 blog. 2013 transportation funding may be cut 10% below 2011 levels (Transportation Issues Daily) Federal agencies will soon begin drafting their 2013 budgets. Last week [continue reading]
Here’s the latest news on a key Measure R project, the Gold Line Foothill Extension, from the project’s public affairs team. Follow the jump to see videos about the project’s public art component and for info about some upcoming community events. Contract Award – Next Steps Following the July 27, [continue reading]
The Los Angeles City Council last week approved an MOU with AEG to build a new pro football stadium downtown next to Staples Center and L.A. Live. The stadium will be a short one-and-a-half block from the Blue Line’s Pico station, which one day will also serve Expo Line trains [continue reading]
