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]
Some good news for the future Crenshaw/LAX Line, one of the new light rail lines that Metro is currently planning: The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a $1.45-million grant to help design an intermodal transit center for the Aviation/Century station near LAX. The grant was originally supposed to go to [continue reading]
It’s been a while (June 2009 in fact) since Metro broke ground on the Metro Orange Line Extension, the first official major project to leave the starting gate following voter-approval of Measure R in 2008. It’s now time to provide a progress report on construction, and from all indications, construction [continue reading]
For obvious reasons, most of the attention given to Metro is for the agency’s work in the realm of mass transit and road improvements. But the agency also helps organize a vanpool program that has grown considerably. From Metro CEO Art Leahy’s daily email to staff: The Metro Vanpool Program [continue reading]
