With a partial opening of the first leg of the Expo Line possible later this year, we thought we’d take another look at progress on its construction. The last time we checked in, it was in the balmy days of August 2010. As you can imagine, there are quite a [continue reading]
The Federal Transit Administration has notified Metro that it has given formal approval for preliminary engineering work to begin on the Westside Subway Extension and the Regional Connector, moving both projects a step closer to actual construction. The notification by the FTA means that both the Subway Extension and the [continue reading]
With the holidays behind us and a temporary respite from the rain, geotechnical field testing for the Westside Subway Extension Project resumed today. Work this week is scheduled in Beverly Hills and consists of two types of seismic testing. The photo above shows crews setting up a “Micro-Vib” box and [continue reading]
The past year has seen many diverse transportation issues grab headlines in Southern California and across the country. A good way to appreciate how much has changed, or hasn’t, is to think back to what the world of transportation looked like on Jan. 1, 2010. In the dawn of this [continue reading]
Here’s the press release: Expo Line Achieves Rare Construction Safety Performance Goal Expo Crews Have No Lost Time Injuries in Over 3,000,000 Hours Worked Los Angeles, CA (December 22, 2010) – Since 2006, construction crews have spent more than 3,000,000 work hours constructing Phase 1 of the Expo Line. No [continue reading]
Here’s the latest update on planning and pre-construction efforts on the Gold Line Foothill Extension project, which will extend the Gold Line from Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border adjacent to Citrus College. The Foothill Extension is a project funded by Measure R, the sales tax increase approved by Los Angeles [continue reading]
This is a new feature for The Source in which I express actual opinions while working for government. Members of the media: please take any of these ideas and run with them — we could use the coverage! 1. As I’ve said before, bus lanes certainly sound good – until [continue reading]
A Superior Court judge today ruled tentatively in favor of the Expo Line Construction Authority in a lawsuit brought by some Westside homeowners that challenged the final environmental study for Phase Two of the project. Judge Thomas McKnew ruled that the plaintiffs — the group Neighbors for Smart Rail — [continue reading]
Metro announced today that it has been selected to receive $2 million in Federal Transit Administration funding to begin two new transportation projects: an alternatives analysis for a premium transit service on Van Nuys Boulevard and work to improve the agency’s transit forecasting model. See the FTA’s announcement. And here [continue reading]
In a video getting interest on You Tube, Metro’s CEO Art Leahy said the transportation agency with the “largest clean air fleet in the nation” will make a clean and completely green start in the new year when the last remaining 14 diesel buses in the fleet of more than [continue reading]
