The Board of Directors met this morning in downtown Los Angeles. The agenda was on the short side due to the start of the new year. Here are three notable actions taken by the Board: •(Item 21) The Board adopted a policy to better manage and track costs of Measure [continue reading]
Here’s the statement, issued Wednesday morning by County Supervisor Don Knabe, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Metro: Metro is encouraged by last night’s State of the Union speech where President Obama talked about the nation’s crumbling infrastructure and his commitment to redoubling efforts to [continue reading]
Below are the remarks on infrastructure and transportation made by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address last night. Here is the video; the following part of the speech begins at the 32:00 minute mark: The third step in winning the future is rebuilding America. To attract [continue reading]
American Public Transportation Association (APTA) President William Millar issued the following statement on Monday. Metro is a member of APTA: “On behalf of the millions of Americans who rely on public transportation every day, I call on President Obama to address the urgent need for infrastructure investment, including public transportation, [continue reading]
Here’s the press release from Metrolink, the commuter rail agency partially funded by Metro: Positive Train Control project receives $68.75 million and capacity-enhancing project on the Antelope Valley line gets $7.2 million Los Angeles – Late last week, the California Transportation Commission allocated $1 billion for transportation projects across the [continue reading]
Here’s the item from Metro CEO Art Leahy’s daily email to staff yesterday: Today [Thursday], a conservative group of House Republicans unveiled a legislative proposal that seeks to cut more than $2.5 trillion from the Federal Budget over the coming decade. The plan, released by the chairman of the Republican [continue reading]
Metro’s TAP card made two giant strides forward in recent days, with testing now underway on two key features: the ability to buy a TAP card directly from a ticket vending machine and to load a set amount of cash on the card and have the cost of riding deducted [continue reading]
The election was held last week by Metrolink’s Board. Katz served 16 years in the state Legislature and currently serves as a Board of Director for Metro, one of the five agencies that funds Metrolink, the commuter rail carrier. Here’s the news release from Metrolink.
Metro staff earlier this month proposed changes — including some cuts — to bus service that would take effect in June. Many readers of The Source and other blogs have understandably raised questions about their future commutes. I urge anyone who has questions to read this document posted on 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 it’s good news to hear that Caltrans is beginning scoping work [continue reading]
