Metro CEO Art Leahy on federal support for 30/10, subway extension: Los Angeles County owes Senator Barbara Boxer as well as U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood a debt of gratitude for continuing the fight to secure federal funding for major transportation projects like the subway extension that will, literally, transform Los Angeles [continue reading]
Setting the stage for major federal funding to flow into Los Angeles, Senator Barbara Boxer today announced that the Obama Administration has endorsed the 30/10 Initiative to accelerate 12 regional transportation projects, with a pledge from the U.S. DOT to consider the 30/10 initiative in the next transportation reauthorization bill. [continue reading]
Statement by Ara Najarian, Board Chairman Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Re: Federal support for 30/10, Subway Extension Los Angeles County received a double dose of good news today from Washington, which I find very encouraging. Senator Barbara Boxer announced that the Obama Administration is accelerating consideration of the [continue reading]
Congresswoman Judy Chu, who represents California’s 32nd District, issued a release today showing her support the 30/10 Initiative: Washington, D.C.– Today Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA) announced support of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LA County MTA’s 30/10 Initiative. The 30/10 program will take 12 transportation investment projects approved in the 30-year [continue reading]
If you are interested in urban (and suburban) planning, you may want to check out a podcast at the Smart City blog with writer Richard Florida, who talks about his views on what cities and ‘burbs will look like in the future. He envisions denser, more “livable” urban areas connected [continue reading]
It was only a week ago that the Board of Directors of Metro endorsed the 30/10 Initiative to accelerate the construction of transit and highway projects funded by the Measure R sales tax increase approved by voters in 2008. And, in fact, Metro officials are already in discussions with members [continue reading]
Here’s the link to the new web page on the 30/10 Initiative that received the unanimous support of the agency’s Board of Directors earlier today. The page, shown at right, includes the list of 12 transit project that the 30/10 plan hopes to accelerate and/or help fund. Some of these [continue reading]
The Board of Directors of Metro meet on Thursday and will consider opening a new set of studies on how to improve traffic on the 710 gap between Alhambra and Pasadena and whether the agency should support Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s 30/10 initiative to secure federal funds to fast-track [continue reading]
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s 30/10 initiative got its first two hearings before the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors on Wednesday: The planning committee approved the initiative 3 to 0 with one abstention and the finance committee didn’t vote, requesting that agency staff answer some questions about the initiative. [continue reading]
Metro CEO Art Leahy testified before a subcommittee in the House of Representatives on Wednesday morning in Washington and urged support for Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s 30/10 initiative. The mayor’s plan proposes to build a dozen mass transit projects — all of which receive funding from the Measure R [continue reading]
