Metro CEO Art Leahy testified before a subcommittee in the House of Representatives on Wednesday morning in Washington and urged support for Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s 30/10 initiative. The mayor’s plan proposes to build a dozen mass transit projects — all of which receive funding from the Measure R [continue reading]
The Westside Subway Extension team is holding another round of public meetings beginning tonight to update the community on the draft environmental impact report being prepared for the line. Tonight’s meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; click here for the schedule for all [continue reading]
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa first proposed his 30/10 initiative last fall, proposing to build 12 mass transit projects to be heavily funded by the Measure R sales tax in the next 10 years instead of the next 30. The gist of the mayor’s plan is to secure federal hope [continue reading]
As expected, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s 30/10 initiative to build a dozen Measure R transit projects in the next decade instead of the next three decades will be considered this month by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors. The 30/10 initiative will go before the Board of Directors [continue reading]
This is one of those things that probably won’t cause too much excitement although it’s seemingly good news in a wonky kind of way. Caltrans has received permission from the state to construct two projects — widening of the 91 freeway and the ExpressLanes toll lanes on the 10 and [continue reading]
The following item appeared in Metro CEO Art Leahy’s daily email to staff. I think it’s always good to know who-is-asking-for-what in Washington and, thus, I wanted to share the item with you: Members of Congress Submit Appropriations Requests For Fiscal Year 2011 A number of Members of Congress from [continue reading]
I spent the past week in Northern California, where I got a steady diet of local news up there. And lo and behold, the news wasn’t good on the transit front after the Sacramento Regional Transit District’s board voted to eliminate 28 weekday bus routes and bus service after 9 [continue reading]
Just a reminder that the Metro Board of Directors have their regular monthly meeting on Thursday morning at Metro headquarters adjacent to Union Station at 9:30 a.m. Meetings are, of course, open to the public and in case you were wondering, the Metro Board room features free wi-fi. Here’s a [continue reading]
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last week threatened to veto a complicated budget proposal involving the gas tax. The veto threat jeopardized mass transit funding in the state. After negotations with the Legislature over proposals he sought, Schwarzenegger ended up signing the gas tax swap on Monday night. The gist of it: [continue reading]
After months of negotiations, it appears a dispute over a crossing on Phase 1 of the Expo Line light rail project is on the verge of being resolved. If so, a new station would be added at Farmdale Avenue and Exposition Boulevard, adjacent to Dorsey High School. A state administrative [continue reading]
