Quick reminder: there’s one week left for the public to submit comments on the draft environmental impact report for the Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit project. The project proposes to install about 9.5 miles of rush hour bus lanes on Wilshire Boulevard within the city of Los Angeles, which Metro officials [continue reading]
We asked readers a week ago what they thought about the prospect of a station at Crenshaw & Wishire on the Westside Subway Extension and above is the response we received as of 10:20 Monday morning. More than 30 comments were left on the Polldaddy page and they cover the [continue reading]
This is proving to be our most popular poll yet, with 1,181 votes as of the noon hour. And there’s been a big swing in the results since yesterday, with the ‘no’ votes pulling way of ahead of the ‘yes’ votes. Interesting! If you feel the need to become a [continue reading]
We’ve spent plenty of time looking back, with this past Wednesday being the 20th anniversary of the Blue Line and the birth of Metro Rail. I wanted to look forward today and provide a quick update where future Metro Rail projects were in the pipeline. The list below is of [continue reading]
The video above was produced by Metro on the 20th anniversary of Metro Rail. And, here’s a link to a page on Metro’s website with a simple timeline of Metro Rail’s development.
I mentioned in the transportation headlines this morning that the U.S. Department of Transportation had released its annual compendium of transpo stats–in this case, covering the year 2008. The timing is convenient since today is also the 20thanniversary of the opening of the Blue Line and the beginning of Metro [continue reading]
If you haven’t cast a vote yet, you are just one mouse click away from registering an opinion on this important issue for the Westside Subway Extension. We have 477 votes so far and I’d like to see that reach 1,000 — this kind of info is helpful to Metro [continue reading]
The advocacy group Move LA has started an online petition for those who support the 30/10 Initiative — the plan to use federal loans and other financing to build a dozen Measure R transit projects in 10 years instead of 30. The 30/10 Initiative is official Metro policy. Move LA [continue reading]
As we approach the noon hour, 267 readers have cast a vote in the above poll and 59% say they want a Westside Subway Extension station at Crenshaw. If you haven’t voted, please do so. If you have voted and know of any transit-minded friends or acquaintances who are interested [continue reading]
I just wanted to catch up on one piece of news from last week that I thought was worth highlighting: the U.S. Department of Transportation announced a new round of funding for small transportation projects and the effort to build a streetcar for downtown Los Angeles didn’t make the cut. [continue reading]
