Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer co-hosted a ’roundtable’ discussion on the 30/10 Initiative this afternoon at City Hall in downtown L.A. The point: talk about progress on the effort to secure federal loans and financing to build 12 Measure R transit projects in the next [continue reading]
Matt Raymond, Metro’s Chief Communications Officer, issued this response to today’s story in the Daily News about TAP cards and the gating system at Metro rail stations: Chucking Metro’s TAP smart card fare program as some critics suggest is like throwing the baby out with the bath water. TAP is [continue reading]
Here’s another good comment that came in over the transom about our latest poll on the Westside Subway Extension. It’s from Carter Rubin, who also does some writing for our friends at LA Streetsblog. I just wanted to chime in quickly from my iPhone. If you do the ‘walk score’ [continue reading]
As for our latest subway poll, we’ve received many comments, which have come in through the poll page, email and via the Westside Subway Extension Facebook page. Some don’t like the poll itself, others definitely aren’t thrilled with the idea of placing a station at the VA Hospital — they [continue reading]
Last Friday a huge labor rally – I’m talking thousands of people – took place on the front lawn of L.A. City Hall. The 30/10 Initiative was the unifying theme. The vast majority of attendees were there representing various labor groups, but there was a contingent of transportation advocates and [continue reading]
The above video presents a short summary of some of the highlights of last Wednesday’s Bicycle Roundtable. Cyclists, advocates and other stakeholders gathered at Metro headquarters for the third Bicycle Roundtable to discuss various ways to make Metro more bike friendly. Here are a few notes from the meeting: Metro [continue reading]
Since our last update, the VA station poll has garnered 173 more votes but the results remain unchanged: most who voted still want the station, even if they won’t use it. Here’s the breakdown as of 11am: The poll is still open, so if you haven’t voted yet please do. [continue reading]
As of 11am the majority of votes in our latest poll are in favor of a VA Hospital station at the currently planned terminus of the Westside subway, but it seems most people who voted don’t plan on actually using the station. Here’s the current breakdown of votes: If you [continue reading]
Our first three polls on the Westside Subway Extension looked at potential station locations. We took a break last week to discuss the issue of whether parking was needed at stations. About 87% of readers said they would be regular riders even without free or cheap parking at stations For [continue reading]
Former L.A. Weekly writer Harold Meyerson has an op-ed supporting the 30/10 Initiative in this morning’s L.A. Times. Meyerson, long known as an advocate for labor, had a similar piece earlier this year in the Washington Post, where he is now a columnist. Attentive readers already know that the 30/10 [continue reading]
