The Florida Supreme Court ruled Friday that it was legal for Gov. Rick Scott to reject $2 billion-plus in federal funds for a high-speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando. Here’s coverage by Reuters. There is no official word yet from the U.S. Department of Transportation where the $2 billion [continue reading]
On Thursday morning, the California High-Speed Rail Authority board of directors met in Los Angeles. The most prominent item on the agenda the was an update of the alternatives being considered for the bullet train’s route through the Los Angeles metro area. The plan in this area is broken up [continue reading]
As many of you already know, Metro is pursuing federal legislation to speed up construction of Measure R projects. The plan as originally conceived was called the 30/10 Initiative — meaning it seeks to build 30 years of Measure R projects in 10 years with the use of federal loans [continue reading]
The power point presentation for the station advisory group meetings held over the past couple of months for the Westside Subway Extension. It provides a good overview of the issues involved with designing the stations along the line, including such issues as station art, portal locations and connections to other [continue reading]
Regular readers of The Source are probably aware that Metro contractors are putting the final touches on the Expo Line. The first phase of the light rail line will connect downtown Los Angeles to Culver City via USC and Exposition Park. With this section over 80 percent completed, the Expo [continue reading]
Some news broke late last week involving the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project: The Mulholland Drive bridge over the freeway will indeed be rebuilt in its original location — as was originally planned. There had been a push by some members of the community and officials to build a new [continue reading]
Here’s the webcast from last night’s “710 conversations” meeting in Los Angeles. The entire webcast is about one hour, 20 minutes. The next meeting is Saturday, Feb. 26, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Glendale Community College, 1500 N. Verdugo Road, Glendale. The meeting will also be webcast.
Last week, Metro announced on The Source that planners for the Westside Subway Extension were evaluating an alternative location for the Century City station along Santa Monica Boulevard as part of the project’s final environmental review process. Just to be clear, there are still only two options under study for [continue reading]
In closed session, the Metro Board of Directors voted Thursday afternoon to purchase Union Station for $75 million. Here’s the news release: The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) today announced that it has successfully negotiated the purchase of Los Angeles Union Station from Catellus Operating Limited Partnership for [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday approved a motion by Board Members Mark Ridley-Thomas and Diane Dubois to continue to develop a master plan for development at the Rosa Parks/Willlowbrook Blue Line station. The motion is posted after the jump. Here are renderings of what potential development may look [continue reading]
