I wanted to circle back to last week’s story in the L.A. Times about the release of the draft environmental impact statement/report for the Westside Subway Extension. In short, the story reported — correctly — that according to the study, the subway would barely reduce traffic in Los Angeles County [continue reading]
As part of the El Monte Station reconstruction project, all bus service will be moved from the existing bus terminal to a new temporary terminal beginning Sunday, September 12. The new temporary terminal includes 20 bus bays and is located near the intersection of Santa Anita and Ramona. The temporary [continue reading]
The nonprofit group Calpirg held a small rally this morning at the Wilshire/Western subway and bus stop to support Metro’s 30/10 Initiative. Members of the group also produced a list of 320 local businesses that support 30/10. Attentive Source readers can say it in their sleep: the 30/10 plan seeks [continue reading]
I was in San Francisco recently wandering around the Duboce Triangle neighborhood west of downtown. One of the Muni’s light rail lines runs through the area and I couldn’t help but notice that within a two-block stretch it hit what would likely be the perfect trifecta of controversy here in [continue reading]
The government relations staff at Metro just sent the following update to the agency’s management and Board of Directors: This afternoon in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, President Obama announced a multi-billion dollar initiative to boost infrastructure spending in America. Specifically, the White House plan would direct funding to rebuild 150,000 miles of [continue reading]
Let’s start with this fun fact: When the Westside Subway Extension is built, it will take 25 minutes to travel from Los Angeles Union Station to the Westwood/UCLA station — 13 minutes on the existing Purple Line to Wilshire and Western and a little more than 12 minutes on the [continue reading]
The Regional Connector Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Report officially goes public Friday. While it may not be quite as sexy a project as the Westside Subway Extension that follows a similar Measure R project timeline, it does something the subway project does not: it connects four light rail corridors covering [continue reading]
Plans to extend the Gold Line from its current northern terminus at Sierra Madre Villa in Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border took a step forward on Monday, when firms were asked to submit their bids to construct the project. Earlier in the year, the Foothill Extension Construction Authority — the [continue reading]
It’s official. The draft environmental documents for the Westside Subway Extension and Regional Connector Projects — two major Measure R projects — will officially be available for public review and comment starting this Friday, Sept. 3. At that time, the draft documents should be available on the agency’s web site [continue reading]
UPDATED 9/01/10 On September 1st Metro’s Freeway Service Patrol (MFSP) Big Rig Truck program will move from a pilot program into a full-fledged operation on the 710 Freeway and new service will be introduced to the 91 Freeway. Here’s a few facts about the MFSP Big Rig program: The pilot [continue reading]
