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]
Two public meetings have been scheduled on the Eastside Transit Corridor project, which could extend the Gold Line from its current terminus in East Los Angeles to either South El Monte or Whittier. The meetings are: Wednesday, Sep. 1 Montebello Golf Course 901 Via San Clemente Montebello, CA 90640 Thursday, [continue reading]
The Daily News on Sunday ran a story about the gates recently installed at some Metro rail stations and TAP cards and now several media outlets are showing some interest. The gist of the Daily News’ story was that Metro spent $46 million on the gates and $154 million to [continue reading]
The key word in the headline is ‘could.’ Here’s the news, from Metro CEO Art Leahy’s daily email to staff: Our contractor for the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project, Kiewit Infrastructure Group, has informed us that the contractor’s Local 12 Operating Engineers Union has called a strike following unsuccessful labor [continue reading]
