A dispute has broken out between the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority and the city of Monrovia over the purchase of property for a rail car maintenance yard for the project. Construction Authority officials say it threatens the schedule and budget for the project — officials have previously said [continue reading]
Here’s the latest notice from the Expo Line Construction Authority:
Why ask the above question? Because the American Public Transit Assn. recently burped out the pie chart below about ridership on a national level and I was curious how our local numbers might compare. Here’s one take on the pie chart from the California Transit Assn., which raises some points [continue reading]
Nice shot from the Expo Line Construction Authority’s Flickr page of art being installed at the 23rd Street station.
Look at this fun little tool to help remind everyone about the upcoming full closure of the 405 freeway over the Sepulveda Pass beginning late Friday, July 15, until early Monday, July 18 in order to partially demolish the Mulholland Bridge. Get the Countdown Creator Pro widget and many other [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors last month approved a 7.7-mile Wilshire peak hour bus lane project on portions of Wilshire within the city of Los Angeles. The City Council’s Transportation Committee discussed the issue for more than two hours this afternoon and split three ways: two Council members (Richard Alarcon [continue reading]
Attentive readers know that The Metro Board of Directors voted last month to approve the final environmental report for the Wilshire peak-hour bus lane project, endorsing 7.7 miles of lanes along Wilshire in the city of L.A. As is often the case in local government, one big vote merely begets [continue reading]
It’s not everyday that the mayors of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Fresno, Sacramento and San Jose co-write opinion articles in support of anything. Today, however, that quintet co-authored a piece in the Sacramento Bee supporting the state’s bullet train project which would ultimately link San Diego, Sacramento and the Bay [continue reading]
This is the fifth story in our series examining how L.A. County’s 30/10 financing model — and its national counterpart America Fast Forward — could help other cities around the country. Los Angeles’ image as the nation’s capital of cars and sprawl persists, despite its having among the highest number [continue reading]
