In recent weeks, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has taken to calling the 30/10 Initiative by a new name: America Fast Forward. The idea is to drive home the point to Congress that the plan to expand federal loans and financing for transit projects is something that can help regions [continue reading]
As Carter mentioned in the headlines this morning, another national study has been released — by the traffic navigation services firm Inrix — that shows that the Los Angeles metro area has the worst traffic in the United States. In particular, the study singled out three stretches of freeways in [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Build America Bonds for transportation (National Journal) The latest installment of the National Journal’s “Expert Blogs” asks a panel of Washington insiders [continue reading]
Mad Men On Trains from Rich Sommer This video was just posted on Funny or Die and features two actors from “Mad Men” — Vincent Kartheiser and Rich Sommer — in a mock 1960s conversation about the future of the nation’s rail system. In the an edition of Metro Motion [continue reading]
The “710 conversations” public meetings have moved to their second phase, a discussion about “Protecting Communities Through An Environmental Process-CEQA/NEPA.” Another meeting on that topic is Tuesday night, March 8, at Glendale Community College from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. If you can’t make it, the meeting will be webcast [continue reading]
Thanks to Montreal-based transit connoisseur Alex Kasperavicius for recording this video progress report on the Expo Line Phase One from Culver City to downtown Los Angeles. At 16 minutes long, it represents a somewhat sped-up version of how riding the trail will actually feel (red lights are edited out — [continue reading]
Metro will be holding its second round of community update meetings for the Westside Subway Extension Project Final EIR March 21 through 29. Among the updates will be a report on current geotechnical work and the status of the Century City Station. Here’s the news release with meeting dates: The [continue reading]
An effort is underway to improve the area around 10 stations along the Blue and Green lines in South Los Angeles. What’s to improve? Pedestrian access, better connecting the stations to neighborhoods, parking and possible development — to name just a few. The effort to draw up plans for the [continue reading]
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]
