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]
Metro has released system-wide ridership data for January 2011 and there is some good news — ridership is up. Compared to Jan. 2010, average weekday boardings increased from 1,324,006 to 1,385,083 in Jan. 2011 on all Metro transit lines combined (bus and rail). This represents a 4.6 percent increase over [continue reading]
In closed session, the Metro Board of Directors voted Thursday afternoon to purchase Union Station for $75 million. Here’s the news release: The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) today announced that it has successfully negotiated the purchase of Los Angeles Union Station from Catellus Operating Limited Partnership for [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday approved a motion by Board Members Mark Ridley-Thomas and Diane Dubois to continue to develop a master plan for development at the Rosa Parks/Willlowbrook Blue Line station. The motion is posted after the jump. Here are renderings of what potential development may look [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors met in downtown Los Angeles for their monthly meeting Thursday morning and took action on several items of interest below. As of 11:45 a.m., the meeting is still in progress and the Board still has items to discuss in closed session. Please note that Los [continue reading]
