Below is the news release from the Authority, which is building the 11.5-mile extension of the Gold Line from Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border. The case involves the Authority’s attempts to acquire the land needed for a rail car maintenance facility in Monrovia. MONROVIA – Today, the Metro Gold Line [continue reading]
A media event was held at Metro on Friday afternoon to celebrate two recent grants from the Federal Transit Administration: $25 million for the purchase of about 60 new compressed natural gas-powered buses and $9.6 million for a new Silver Line station at Patsaouras Plaza at Union Station. The grant [continue reading]
The Metro Orange Line is six years old tomorrow, Oct. 29. The anniversary coincides with ongoing construction of its four-mile extension to the Chatsworth Amtrak/Metrolink Station, another key Valley transportation hub. Metro’s construction team and design-builder are making good progress building the extension, which is scheduled to open in summer [continue reading]
Here’s the latest notice from the Expo Line Construction Authority:
Here is a recap of today’s actions — it was a fairly subdued meeting with the public session clocking in at under a rare three hours: •The Board approved a $37.3-million contract with CH2M Hill to perform the environmental studies for the 710 gap contract. After some discussion, the Board [continue reading]
Additional nighttime I-405 freeway closures are planned beginning Monday, Oct. 31, for 12 nights as construction crews for the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project demolish the northern side of the Sunset Boulevard bridge in West Los Angeles. During this demolition activity, only one side of the freeway will be closed [continue reading]
Eight key transportation projects in Los Angeles County were awarded a total of $448 million in state bond money on Wednesday by the California Transportation Commission at their meeting in Sacramento. The Alameda Corridor East project received $336.6 million to help eliminate street crossings of the busy Union Pacific railroad [continue reading]
The final Thursday of the month is upon us, meaning the full Metro Board of Directors will convene at Metro HQ in downtown Los Angeles tomorrow at 9 a.m. for their regular meeting. The meeting, of course, is open to the public; the Metro building is adjacent to Union Station. [continue reading]
The Metro team studying the possible resurrection of streetcar service in downtown Los Angeles has released a briefing package [PDF] that details the seven routes now under consideration and compares the pros and cons of each. Metro planners have been winnowing potential routes — “alternatives” in planner speak — since [continue reading]
The ExpressLanes project in the L.A. area has been mildly controversial at times — the one-year experimental program is converting about 25 miles of existing carpool lanes on the 10 and 110 freeways into variable toll lanes. Carpoolers will still use the lanes for free and single motorists will be [continue reading]
