The Metro Board of Directors this month will consider moving a primarily street-running bus rapid transit line between North Hollywood and Pasadena into the project’s next phase, a formal Draft [continue reading]
A key Measure M project in the San Fernando Valley is a new bus rapid transit line that would run across the northern part of the Valley. Public meetings [continue reading]
East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor scoping meeting PowerPoint by sourcemetro There is one more community meeting this month for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor project: Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 4-6 pm Marvin Braude Constituent Service Center 6262 Van Nuys Boulevard Van Nuys, CA 91401 Validated Parking available [continue reading]
Working with the cities of Los Angeles and San Fernando, Metro is studying north-sound transit improvements in the San Fernando Valley, mostly along Van Nuys Boulevard. Among the options being studied are bus rapid transit and light rail (all four of the alternatives are below). Here’s a recent [continue reading]
Here’s the link to the project home page and here’s the link to the recently-released Alternatives Analysis for the project. Five alternatives are under study: the usual no-build option, traffic signal and intersection improvements, bus rapid transit (East L.A. to Pasadena), light rail (East L.A. to Pasadena) and a tunnel [continue reading]
I’d like to take a few minutes for an update on the SR-710 North Study, Metro’s effort to improve transportation in the area around the 710 freeway in the San Gabriel Valley. The video above is new from the project team and describes the project. Original state plans called for [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday are scheduled to consider moving a key Measure R project — a connection to LAX — into the draft environmental study phase. Metro staff earlier this year finished the project’s Alternatives Analysis and held public workshops this spring to explain the project alternatives [continue reading]
The Alternatives Analysis for the downtown Los Angeles streetcar project was released back in January, with the above route chosen as the “locally preferred alternative (LPA).” The study is going to the Metro Board as a “receive-and-file” item this month — meaning that no action is required — and I [continue reading]
SR 710 Env Study Online Media Briefing #1 (FINAL Updated on 2-24-12) 2003 A media briefing was held Friday morning in conjunction with the two public meetings this week about the Alternatives Analysis for the project, which seeks to improve traffic in the area around the 710 gap between Alhambra [continue reading]
