I just posted yesterday about efforts to recover transit funds previously raided by the State Legislature — and an accompanying ballot initiative in the works to prevent more raids in the future. Well, it appears the future is now. Here’s the L.A. Times’ story on the latest proposal to balance [continue reading]
A warning to Mr. Claus: If you are in the area tonight and plan on using your TAP card, it probably won’t work too well if it’s been scissored, put in a blender or microwaved. It will, however, survive an electric charge and puncture marks. This is according to an [continue reading]
As you may have heard, the Legislature in the past few years has diverted hundreds of millions of dollars that were supposed to go to mass transit to other uses — namely balancing the state budget. On behalf of local transit agencies — many of whom had to cut service [continue reading]
Rumors of a possible lawsuit by West L.A. residents over the final environmental impact report for Phase 2 of the Expo Line are reported on LA Streetsblog and over at Curbed LA. The issue is how the train cuts through a slice of West Los Angeles immediately south of the [continue reading]
Such is the ways of Washington D.C.: the defense spending bill that President Obama signed yesterday also includes money for transportation programs, including $50 million for the development of rail safety systems called positive train control to help prevent trains from colliding. Experts say such systems may have prevented the [continue reading]
After a month of testing, Metro has officially launched its official Facebook presence, joining the ranks of everyone you know including grandma and that weird guy you kinda remember from high school. What’s the point? Metro is looking to harness the power of social networking to better interact with its [continue reading]
Stockholm has been struggling with climbing obesity rates and is trying to promote exercise. What to do? Watch the video to find out one way to make exercise more fun. Note: If this doesn’t make you smile, you are one Grumpy Bear!
How the worm turns. When gas prices soared in 2008, the American Public Transportation Assn. trumpeted the highest mass transit ridership in decades. Now ridership is down 3.9 percent this year, which APTA attributes to the sour economy and a much higher unemployment rate than in ’08. USA Today takes [continue reading]
The Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority held a luncheon and workshop in Glendora on Friday to update the status of the project for supporters. The Authority also debuted the design for one of the first big pieces of infrastructure on the line — a bridge over the eastbound lanes [continue reading]
A new subway line running under Barcelona — and connecting to the city’s airport — opened its first five stations earlier this month. With the subway extension being planned on the Westside, I thought you may enjoy playing around with the three links below to powerpoint presentations about the new [continue reading]
