The 4th Annual Steel Wheels conference will roll into town on Saturday, March 19. The day-long conference, to be held at Metro HQ, is presented by the Rail Passenger Association of California (RailPAC) and the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP), two advocacy groups with a passion for passenger rail [continue reading]
Metro will be holding its second round of community update meetings for the Westside Subway Extension Project Final EIR March 21 through 29. Among the updates will be a report on current geotechnical work and the status of the Century City Station. Here’s the news release with meeting dates: The [continue reading]
In this relatively new feature for The Source, I express actual opinions while working for government. Members of the media: please take any of these ideas and run with them — we could use the coverage! 1. I think one of the more interesting transportation policy debates these days pits [continue reading]
An effort is underway to improve the area around 10 stations along the Blue and Green lines in South Los Angeles. What’s to improve? Pedestrian access, better connecting the stations to neighborhoods, parking and possible development — to name just a few. The effort to draw up plans for the [continue reading]
The bus running between Los Angeles Union Station and Dodger Stadium during baseball season was a success last year and thanks to a a grant from the state Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee it’s returning for the 2011 season. As was the case last season, the Dodger Stadium [continue reading]
The Florida Supreme Court ruled Friday that it was legal for Gov. Rick Scott to reject $2 billion-plus in federal funds for a high-speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando. Here’s coverage by Reuters. There is no official word yet from the U.S. Department of Transportation where the $2 billion [continue reading]
On Thursday morning, the California High-Speed Rail Authority board of directors met in Los Angeles. The most prominent item on the agenda the was an update of the alternatives being considered for the bullet train’s route through the Los Angeles metro area. The plan in this area is broken up [continue reading]
As many of you already know, Metro is pursuing federal legislation to speed up construction of Measure R projects. The plan as originally conceived was called the 30/10 Initiative — meaning it seeks to build 30 years of Measure R projects in 10 years with the use of federal loans [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metro: Testing began today on the innovative new Metro Student Field Trip Pilot Program for grades 1 through 5. The test will allow L.A. Unified school field trips — students, teachers and chaperones — to travel for free on established Metro trains and bus routes [continue reading]
With the news that Metro is purchasing Los Angeles Union Station, I asked Metro followers on Twitter and Facebook yesterday for their suggestions on how to improve the train station. Here’s the first batch that I posted yesterday and below are a bunch more: From Twitter: SabrinaDeep @metrolosangeles we need [continue reading]
