I just wanted to circle back to this morning’s transportation headlines, which included this tidbit: The U.S. Conference of Mayors voted unanimously on Monday to support the 30/10 Initiative. Attentive readers will recall that 30/10 was conceived by L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and then later embraced by the Board of [continue reading]
The latest round of public meetings for the Westside Subway Extension begin tonight at 6 p.m. at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as Metro officials are finishing up work on the draft environmental impact study/report (DEIS/R) for the project. There are four other meetings scheduled between now and [continue reading]
The draft environmental impact report for the Wilshire peak period bus lane project has been released and is now posted online. It’s a big step toward completing the project, which Metro officials hope will happen in mid- to late 2012. Here’s a post from last week that explains the project, [continue reading]
Attentive readers of The Source know what’s at stake: if the 30/10 Initiative gets the go ahead from Congress, a dozen Measure R transit projects funded by the Measure R sales tax increase could be built in the next decade instead of the next 30 years. Let me put it [continue reading]
I was (predictably) hiking in Yosemite on Friday when the news broke in L.A. that U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood had expressed his strongest support to date of the 30/10 Initiative AND that the federal government was also supportive of doing the engineering work for the Westside Subway Extension all [continue reading]
Setting the stage for major federal funding to flow into Los Angeles, Senator Barbara Boxer today announced that the Obama Administration has endorsed the 30/10 Initiative to accelerate 12 regional transportation projects, with a pledge from the U.S. DOT to consider the 30/10 initiative in the next transportation reauthorization bill. [continue reading]
This just in. U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer announced this afternoon that the 30/10 Initiative to speed 12 transportation projects in Los Angeles County has received the support of the Obama Administration and said FTA will take steps to accelerate consideration of Westside subway extension. More details to follow. Read the [continue reading]
Congresswoman Judy Chu, who represents California’s 32nd District, issued a release today showing her support the 30/10 Initiative: Washington, D.C.– Today Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA) announced support of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LA County MTA’s 30/10 Initiative. The 30/10 program will take 12 transportation investment projects approved in the 30-year [continue reading]
The agency’s Board of Directors voted Thursday to launch a new round of studies to consider how to improve traffic in the area around the gap in the 710 freeway between Alhambra and Pasadena. Here’s the link to the report on the issue by Metro staff. The studies will initially [continue reading]
We recently asked readers to send us your questions about TAP, the electronic fare cards used by Metro and several other transit agencies in Los Angeles County. We received several dozen inquiries, which we boiled down to the questions below. The answers were written by Fred and I, based on [continue reading]
