Here’s an interesting item from Metro CEO Art Leahy’s daily email to staff: House Republican leaders have issued a draft of the new rules they will proposing for the 112th Congress that begins early next month. Among the changes is a proposal to eliminate the current rule (House Rule XXI) [continue reading]
Here’s the latest update on planning and pre-construction efforts on the Gold Line Foothill Extension project, which will extend the Gold Line from Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border adjacent to Citrus College. The Foothill Extension is a project funded by Measure R, the sales tax increase approved by Los Angeles [continue reading]
This is a new feature for The Source in which 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. As I’ve said before, bus lanes certainly sound good – until [continue reading]
A Superior Court judge today ruled tentatively in favor of the Expo Line Construction Authority in a lawsuit brought by some Westside homeowners that challenged the final environmental study for Phase Two of the project. Judge Thomas McKnew ruled that the plaintiffs — the group Neighbors for Smart Rail — [continue reading]
Metro announced today that it has been selected to receive $2 million in Federal Transit Administration funding to begin two new transportation projects: an alternatives analysis for a premium transit service on Van Nuys Boulevard and work to improve the agency’s transit forecasting model. See the FTA’s announcement. And here [continue reading]
Here are three items that were sent this afternoon from Metro’s government relations staff to the Metro Board of Directors. The first two relate to the pursuit of federal funds to help build the Westside Subway Extension and the Regional Connector projects: Senators Feinstein and Boxer and Congressman Waxman Urge [continue reading]
This is a new feature for The Source in which 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. Like many readers, I was pleased to read in a recent [continue reading]
Despite a California shortfall of $25 billion and a national debt of around $13.7 trillion, there’s good news for L.A. County, according to Metro Board Chair and L.A. County Supervisor Don Knabe. And a chunk of that good news relates to transit. Well, transit and jobs. In his State of [continue reading]
This week, I decided to revisit the Census Bureau’s Local Employment Dynamics database to get a sense of which job centers are served by local or commuter rail in Los Angeles County. Many big job centers (illustrated by the darker shades of blue in the map above) are served by [continue reading]
The final environmental impact report for rush hour bus lanes on parts of Wilshire Boulevard was initially approved by the Metro Board of Directors on Thursday, with a roughly one-mile stretch in the Condo Canyon area of Westwood removed from the project. Board Member Mark Ridley-Thomas abstained from the vote. [continue reading]
