In the lobby of the historic Los Angeles Theater, nearly 100 Angelenos participated in a workshop last night to learn about the proposed downtown L.A. streetcar project. Those who attended were also given the opportunity to make official public comments as part of the “scoping” process, during which planners will [continue reading]
Intelligent Source readers already know that no good can come from trying to guess the outcome of the California budget process. Who knows what will happen? Nonetheless, some possible good news burped out of Sacramento yesterday when Gov. Brown released his revised budget for the coming fiscal year. The budget [continue reading]
It has been very interesting to see Metrolink under CEO John Fenton in the past few months. The commuter rail agency has added service to Angel games, evening service from Union Station in L.A. and express trains on its Antelope Valley and San Bernardino lines. And now this: a new [continue reading]
On Monday and Wednesday this week, the Expo Construction Authority held open house-style community meetings to introduce Westside residents to the Expo Phase II construction process and the contracting team, Skanska/Rados. The second phase of the Expo Line will connect Culver City and downtown Santa Monica. As a Source writer, [continue reading]
A fascinating study was released by the Brookings Institution today that details how transit connects Americans to their jobs. The overall conclusion: not so well in many parts of the country and the reason that Brookings calls the study “Missed Opportunity: Transit and Jobs in Metropolitan America.” To quote the [continue reading]
Bottom line in this alert from Metro’s government relations staff: the budget proposed by House Republicans would cut transportation spending by 14 percent over this year’s spending — and would be 36 percent less spending than proposed by President Obama. Whether it floats is anybody’s guess. Democrats control the Senate [continue reading]
This week several online news sources have reported that the Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) has filed a “Writ of Mandate” petition in Los Angeles Superior Court that seeks to require Metro to release documents on the Westside Subway Extension Project, as well as station location alternatives in the Century City area. The reason for [continue reading]
The report, issued Tuesday, concludes that Caltrans should oversee construction of the line and not the California High-Speed Rail Authority — the state agency set up to plan and build the project. “The Authority has been given a lot of autonomy, but we’re not convinced that it has looked out [continue reading]
Over at the Engineering News Record, former New York City traffic commissioner Sam Schwartz took to his transportation blog to extol the benefits of America Fast Forward. A lot of the issues he touches on will be familiar to Source readers. Here’s an excerpt from the piece in which Schwartz [continue reading]
Metro is today releasing its budget [pdf] for the coming 2011-12 fiscal year. The highlights, in short: •The budget is $4.145 billion, which is 6.3 percent higher than last year, mostly due to more spending on Measure R projects. •Metro CEO Art Leahy is proposing to lower day passes from [continue reading]
