In the lobby of the historic Los Angeles Theater, nearly 100 Angelenos participated in a workshop last night to learn about the proposed downtown L.A. streetcar project. Those who attended were also given the opportunity to make official public comments as part of the “scoping” process, during which planners will [continue reading]
The Wilshire bus lanes project has been in the planning stages for quite some time and still needs the final approval of Metro’s Board of Directors, the L.A. City Council and the Board of Supervisors before construction can begin. The Metro Board is scheduled to consider the bus lanes [continue reading]
The Santa Monica City Council last week signed off on a slew of bus service changes to improve the efficiency of the city’s municipal bus operations and improve connections with Metro Rail. Travelers to and from the Westside will benefit from increased service, larger buses and a Metro Rail connection [continue reading]
A scoping meeting to discuss returning streetcar service to downtown Los Angeles will be held from 4 to 7: 30 p.m. today at the Los Angeles Theatre in downtown at 615 South Broadway. The big point of the meeting is to discuss and suggest possible routes for the project, which [continue reading]
With the news that the 405 freeway in the Sepulveda Pass will be entirely closed the weekend of July 16-17 to tear down the southside of the Mulholland Bridge, the Metro team working on the project sent over more details about the bridge: The Mulholland Drive Bridge will be the [continue reading]
The closure will be cover the entire 405 freeway in both directions over the Sepulvea Pass from late Friday evening, July 15, until early Monday, July 18. In other words, there will be no access on the 405 between the San Fernando Valley and the Westside. The freeway is being [continue reading]
The Expo Line will be testing trains, traffic signals and train control systems this week between Vermont Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard from about 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. For the complete testing notice each weekday, click here [pdf].
This is probably a bit premature, given that the ExpressLanes project has targeted opening dates of late 2012 for the 110 freeway segment and early 2013 for the 10 freeway. But L.A. Streetsblog on Thursday had a good post about these charts about transponder fees, so I also wanted to [continue reading]
This week several online news sources have reported that the Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) has filed a “Writ of Mandate” petition in Los Angeles Superior Court that seeks to require Metro to release documents on the Westside Subway Extension Project, as well as station location alternatives in the Century City area. The reason for [continue reading]
The report, issued Tuesday, concludes that Caltrans should oversee construction of the line and not the California High-Speed Rail Authority — the state agency set up to plan and build the project. “The Authority has been given a lot of autonomy, but we’re not convinced that it has looked out [continue reading]
