Metro CEO Art Leahy has just issued this legislative alert: America Fast Forward – Embedded in Surface Transportation Bill – Heads to White House for President’s Signature America Fast Forward, the innovative national transportation finance plan championed by our Board Chairman and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and our Board [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday voted 10 to 3 to ask Los Angeles County voters to extend the Measure R half-cent sales tax for 30 years beyond its 2039 expiration date to possibly accelerate transit and road projects funded by the original Measure R while creating jobs in [continue reading]
Measure R was approved by nearly 68 percent of Los Angeles County voters in 2008 as a half-cent sales tax that would be in effect for 30 years — with an expiration date of mid-2039. As many Source readers know, Metro staff are proposing to ask county voters to extend [continue reading]
As many of you know, there have been discussions underway to extend the Measure R half-cent sales tax past its expiration date of July 1, 2039, to accelerate transit and highway projects that are funded in part by Measure R. Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Antonio Villaraigosa proposed [continue reading]
Below is the update from Metro’s government relations staff. This is the ninth extension of the previous multi-year federal transportation bill, which was signed into law by President Bush in 2005 and expired originally in 2009. The update: A few moments ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a 90-day [continue reading]
Earlier today, local officials also called on the House to vote on the bill, which contains elements of Metro’s America Fast Forward program to provide federal loans for large transit project. Here’s the update from Metro’s government relations staff: Over 80 Democrats are urging Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) to bring [continue reading]
Metro officials joined labor and business leaders on Wednesday morning at a rally along the Orange Line Extension in Chatsworth to urge the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a two-year transportation spending bill. Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Antonio Villaraigosa, Metro Directors Richard Katz and Mel Wilson [continue reading]
The Final Environmental Impact Statement/Report for the Westside Subway Extension was released this afternoon (news release here, report here). Here are some other highlights about the project from the report: •As the map above and the chart below demonstrates, one big benefit of the Westside Subway Extension is that it [continue reading]
If anyone really needs a good argument why the Westside Subway Extension should be built, I think this map showing transit travel times to the Westwood/UCLA station from other parts of L.A. County makes a pretty compelling case. The nine-mile subway extension to Westwood would seriously improve the time [continue reading]
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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Senate OKs transportation bill with help for L.A. County (Los [continue reading]
