Metro will host the 2010 Pedestrian Symposium: Walking into the Future City on Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at Metro headquarters to discuss pedestrian related issues around the car-centric Southern California region. The objective of the event is to explore strategies to increase travel options and create sustainable, healthy, livable communities. [continue reading]
On Saturday, the Board of Directors of Metro are holding a special meeting to update the public on the scheduled fare increase slated for July 1. Here’s a link to the new fare structure. To put the fare increase in perspective we’ve created a few charts comparing Metro’s new fares [continue reading]
The tweet from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority just went out a few minutes ago — the groundbreaking on the light rail extension from Pasadena to Azusa is scheduled for Saturday, June 26, at 10 a.m. at Newcastle Park in Arcadia. The Foothill Extension will be the first [continue reading]
If you are interested in urban (and suburban) planning, you may want to check out a podcast at the Smart City blog with writer Richard Florida, who talks about his views on what cities and ‘burbs will look like in the future. He envisions denser, more “livable” urban areas connected [continue reading]
The proposed agency budget for fiscal year 2011 has been released by Metro staff. Here is a link to the budget, which is posted on the Metro website (pdf). It will be discussed at a special meeting of the agency’s Board of Directors on Wednesday, May 19, at Metro headquarters. [continue reading]
As expected, the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has inspired a debate about where the United States should get its petroleum and how much petroleum the country is using. A smart article in the New York Times’ Week in Review section on Sunday laid out the conundrum [continue reading]
In case you missed it, the agency’s Board of Directors last week approved holding a special meeting to discuss and update the public on the fare increases that are scheduled for July 1. (Here’s a full list). The meeting will be held Saturday, May 8, at Metro headquarters in downtown [continue reading]
It was only a week ago that the Board of Directors of Metro endorsed the 30/10 Initiative to accelerate the construction of transit and highway projects funded by the Measure R sales tax increase approved by voters in 2008. And, in fact, Metro officials are already in discussions with members [continue reading]
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors Chairman Ara Najarian and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa participated in a news conference this morning about the release of the American Lung Association’s annual “State of the Air” report. It was a bad news/good news type of affair. The bad: The Los Angeles [continue reading]
Let’s face it: there’s a lot of confusion when it comes to Metro’s TAP (Transit Access Pass) program. Customers, bus operators, municipal agencies and even Metro all seem to have pertinent questions when it comes to the cards. Some of that, admittedly, has involved the promotion of the TAP cards. [continue reading]
