Metro Issues Media Statement on Rail Car Contract Negotiations
Metro Statement: Update On Negotiations with Italian Rail Car Manufacturer
Mayor to announce “30/10” push to accelerate Measure R transit funding
This morning the Mayor’s office released the following press release: MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA TO ANNOUNCE “30/10” PUSH TO ACCELERATE MEASURE R TRANSIT FUNDING LOS ANGELES – Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will announce that he is building a coalition to support the acceleration of the transit projects included in Measure R over 30 [continue reading]
Villaraigosa to offer plan to speed up projects
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says that he is going to offer a plan at Friday’s housing summit at UCLA to build 12 transportation projects in the next 10 years, according to a story posted this evening on the Los Angeles Times’ website. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/10/villaraigosa-has-bullish-plan-for-la-rail-transit-projects.html I heard the mayor was going [continue reading]
Metro Completes Orange Line Extension Parking Lot
It may only be a coincidence, but Metro contractors have just completed the first project on the Metro Orange Line Extension at the same time the “Valley’s Best Short-Cut” marks its fourth service anniversary.
Average commute times for your city, courtesy of the Census Bureau
The Census Bureau this week released results from its latest community surveys taken from 2006 to 2008. The survey includes a wealth of data about people’s commutes in Los Angeles County. Here, for example, is a spreadsheet from the Census Bureau showing the average one-way commute times for people living [continue reading]
Metro official overseeing projects resigns
An interesting development today: Rick Thorpe, Metro’s chief capital management officer, resigned from his position at Metro. Thorpe, however, is staying on as the CEO of the Expo Line Construction Authority. In his Metro job, Thorpe was in charge of overseeing (among other things) the rail projects that Metro is [continue reading]
New video released to promote Westside subway extension
The accompanying video was produced by Metro as part of the public outreach effort for the Westside Subway Extension environmental study currently underway. The study is looking at options for extending the subway west from its current terminus at Wilshire and Western and another option that would add a spur [continue reading]
Ballot measure aims to protect transit dollars
Let me guess: As you sit here reading this today you’re probably not exactly obsessed with measures that might appear on the 2010 November ballot. Nonetheless, for those interested in transit, there’s an interesting measure in the works. The California Transit Assn. (known as the CTA), which represents transit agencies [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Tuesday, Oct. 27
Here are today’s transpo headlines, courtesy of the Metro library. The Pasadena Star-News reports that a lawsuit filed by South Pasadena and La Canada against Metro was recently thrown out. The issue was the 710, with both cities saying that it was wrong for Metro to include the 710 gap [continue reading]
Metrolink adds safety devices to halt trains
Metrolink — which is funded in part by Metro — announced today that 49 more “automatic train stop” devices were being activated along its commuter rail network in Southern California. From the news release: The ATS system includes magnetic inductors placed next to the track at locations where the train [continue reading]