Here’s the news release: Starting Monday, April 25, 2011, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will begin conducting geotechnical tests at multiple locations along the planned alignment of the downtown Regional Connector project as part of the planning and engineering for the project. The initial geotechnical work in [continue reading]
A Revised Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) was released today for the Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit Project. The project seeks to add a peak hour bus lane in each direction, and other improvements to parts of Wilshire Boulevard in the city and county of Los Angeles from the Santa [continue reading]
The Board of Directors’ Measure R Delivery Committee voted 2 to 1 on Thursday for a motion by Board member Mark Ridley-Thomas that seeks to add a Leimart Park station for the Crenshaw/LAX Line and also underground a portion of the line from 48th to 59th streets. The committee vote [continue reading]
Several public officials gathered Monday morning at the Expo Line’s Western Avenue station to remind everyone that train testing will be increasing over the next several weeks and it’s important for motorists and pedestrians to aware the tracks are now active. The short news conference — on the station platform [continue reading]
The Foothill Extension Gold Line between Pasadena and Azusa follows an old rail right-of-way presently owned by Burlington Northern Santa Fe. The agreement with the freight railroad means that BNSF will abandon their rights to use the right-of-way between Azusa and Irwindale — where tracks still exist — and share [continue reading]
Metro tonight will become the new owner of Union Station, 38 acres of land around the station and the development rights associated with that land in the $75-million deal. The next step will be developing a master plan for the station. Here’s the details: Metro will this evening assume possession [continue reading]
This is the third 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. In 1998, change was afoot in North Carolina. In Mecklenburg County — home to Charlotte, the state’s largest city [continue reading]
The project will add turn lanes, bike lanes and video detection at the intersection of Lindero Canyon and Agoura roads — a major junction just south of the 101 freeway. It’s the first of 18 Measure R road projects that will get underway this year. Here’s the news release from [continue reading]
In late January, three days before nearby pile driving would begin, two members of the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project team stood before 35 kindergarten and first-graders to demonstrate how bridges are built. Using a handmade bridge model, potting soil, chocolate pudding, nails and a glass of water, Kasey Shuda, [continue reading]
With little fanfare, an Expo Line train powered up and ran down the tracks for the first time today. The above video shows a test train leaving the Vermont Avenue station and heading west. Testing of the line will continue through spring and summer with a target date of a [continue reading]
