Final study OKd for new LAX transit station
An important hurdle for connecting Metro Rail to LAX was cleared today when the Metro Board of Directors approved the final environmental study for the Airport Metro Connector 96th [continue reading]
Actions taken today by the Metro Board of Directors
Updating as the meeting proceeds today, with most recent items at the top of the post. The agenda for the meeting is at the bottom of the post. •After two hours of discussion, the Board voted 7 to 4 to delay consideration of a new policing contract for the agency. [continue reading]
The 2024 Los Angeles Summer Olympics bid and Metro
We’re less than a year from learning whether Budapest, Paris or Los Angeles will host the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. The International Olympic Committee will pick a city next [continue reading]
Measure M: transit projects to receive funding from sales tax ballot measure
Above is the list of transit projects that would receive Measure M funding — along with groundbreaking and completion dates. Metro is also exploring public-private partnerships that may be used to accelerate some projects. Below are project descriptions. In some cases, a project’s final mode and route will be determined as [continue reading]
Measure M: projects and programs for the South Bay cities
As part of the Nov. 8 ballot, Los Angeles County voters will be considering Measure M, a half-cent sales tax increase and extension of the Measure R half-cent tax beyond 2039 to pay for transit, highway, walking, biking and other transportation projects. Both taxes would continue in perpetuity or until [continue reading]
How We Roll, Sept. 7: Crenshaw North routes, Uber’s future, random stuff
Measure M News: There was considerable press coverage of a court ruling Tuesday that upheld the ballot language of Measure M, Metro’s sales tax ballot measure that goes to voters [continue reading]
Subway turnback, Airport Connector receive state cap-and-trade funds
A new transit station that will help passengers quickly reach LAX terminals and a project to allow more frequent Red/Purple Line subway service were awarded a combined $109 million in [continue reading]
Crenshaw/LAX Line construction summary for August
There is lots happening up and down the alignment of the 8.5-mile light rail project between Exposition and Crenshaw boulevards and the Green Line. Completion is targeted for 2019. The project is being paid for mostly with funds from Measure R, the half-cent sales tax increase approved by Los Angeles County [continue reading]
Airport Connector DEIR released
A nice step forward today for an important project: Metro today released the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Airport Metro Connector 96th Street Transit Station. The station will serve [continue reading]
Measure M: Green Line extension to Torrance
One in a series of posts that will look at projects and programs that would receive funding from the Measure M sales tax ballot measure going to voters on Nov. 8. What [continue reading]