From the project’s web page at metro.net: Metro is continuing work on the Final EIS/EIR for the Westside Subway Extension. Please join us for the second round of community update meetings for this last planning phase of the project. At these meetings, Metro will provide feedback from the January community [continue reading]
This is the second story in our series examining how L.A. County’s 30/10 financing model could help other cities around the country. On the eve of the 21st Century, the citizens of Salt Lake City cut the ribbon on their first light rail project, a 15-mile line connecting downtown to [continue reading]
Metro CEO Art Leahy, in Washington for a transit conference, reported growing support for the 30/10 Initiative, also known as “America Fast Forward.” This time the endorsement comes from the American Public Transportation Assn., a Washington-based nonprofit which represents transit agencies (including Metro) and private firms involved in building and [continue reading]
I know there was a lot of reader interest — understandably — in the recent news that Metro intends to purchase Union Station. Many readers were pleased with the news, saying the station needs more amenities as the number of rail users increases. The deal is scheduled to close shortly [continue reading]
The report comes from the American Public Transportation Assn. (APTA), a group that represents transit agencies and private firms involved in the transit business. So it’s not exactly a surprise they predict ridership to soar — although that’s exactly what happened when gas prices topped $4 a gallon in the [continue reading]
Nearly every proposed transit project involves asking the public: what do you think? Most often, the public submits written comments or maybe makes an official statement at a public meeting. A group of stakeholders in Detroit decided to try something different when it came to commenting on the Woodward Avenue [continue reading]
The award goes to buildings that on average use 35 percent less energy than the average building, meaning about 35 percent less carbon dioxide — a greenhouse gas — is released into the atmosphere. Here’s the press release from Metro: Metro’s Gateway Headquarters in downtown Los Angeles has earned the [continue reading]
As expected, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced on Friday that the $2.4 billion rejected by Florida Gov. Rick Scott for a high-speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando will instead go to other high-speed rail projects in the U.S. Which ones? It’s unknown at this point — Secretary LaHood [continue reading]
Some very good news emerged from the Metrolink Board of Directors meeting on Friday: the commuter rail agency in early May will begin a pilot program of adding one express train in each direction on the Antelope Valley and San Bernardino lines — its two busiest. Each train will make [continue reading]
In recent weeks, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has taken to calling the 30/10 Initiative by a new name: America Fast Forward. The idea is to drive home the point to Congress that the plan to expand federal loans and financing for transit projects is something that can help regions [continue reading]
