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. South Pasadena Council adopts new stance toward 710 extension (Pasadena Star News) The Council last week rescinded its policy to be opposed [continue reading]
By now reality is setting in: We need to dramatically increase our investment in transportation infrastructure just to maintain the status quo. But it looks like Congress isn’t willing to do it, at least in the near future. One might think that we’re sitting pretty in Los Angeles County thanks [continue reading]
This new video from the Office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa — who just assumed the role of Chairman of the Metro Board — looks at his transportation program, including many of the projects that Metro is planning or building. The video also includes some snippets about America Fast Forward, the [continue reading]
If friends ever try that to claim you can’t have a successful transit system without rails in the ground, just nod politely and tell them to visit Seattle. The Emerald City didn’t have an inch of modern rail transit until a starter streetcar line opened in 2007 and a light [continue reading]
Rep. John Mica (R-Florida), chairman of the House Committee on Transportation, today released the outlines for a proposed multi-year federal transportation bill. The good news: It contains some of the things needed to make America Fast Forward the law of the land. America Fast Forward would use a federal loan [continue reading]
Below is the news release from Metro on the news earlier today that the Westside Subway Extension is about to secure a $640.8-million federal TIFIA loan. As the release states, Metro staff will be working in the next several weeks to determine the exact impact the loan will have on [continue reading]
The activist group Move LA held a conference this morning in downtown Los Angeles to discuss the region’s transit future. By my somewhat under-caffeinated reckoning, optimism prevailed over pessimism. The event was a looooong conversation with many participants. Many of the points made have been made many times in the [continue reading]
This is the fifth 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. Los Angeles’ image as the nation’s capital of cars and sprawl persists, despite its having among the highest number [continue reading]
The group Breath California of Los Angeles County held a panel discussion last week that focused on transportation’s role in reducing air pollution. I thought a few points were made worth sharing: •The moderator, Neal Richman, the director of programs and advocacy for Breathe LA, said right off the top [continue reading]
Even as partisan battles rage over the current year’s federal budget and budgets for the years beyond, members of the House of Representative Transportation and Infrastructure Committee met Tuesday tot discuss how best to fund transportation in the future. D.C. Streetsblog provided good coverage, noting that there was a lot [continue reading]
