This is the third part in The Source’s new series called “Subway Facts & History” to address some of the issues generating discussion involving the Westside Subway Extension project. The facts below are based on information from Metro staff and consultants planning the project. The information, in various forms, has [continue reading]
The motion asks that Metro staff return with a plan for a bike sharing program within the next 120 days. Bike sharing — popular in many cities around the world — allows people to rent a bike at various “stations” around town. Most programs charge a small fee and are [continue reading]
Attentive readers know that The Metro Board of Directors voted last month to approve the final environmental report for the Wilshire peak-hour bus lane project, endorsing 7.7 miles of lanes along Wilshire in the city of L.A. As is often the case in local government, one big vote merely begets [continue reading]
The Board of Directors meeting began a few minutes ago and the first item to be considered is Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas’ motion to add a Leimert Park Village station to the Crenshaw/LAX Line as well as an underground segment between 48th and 59th streets. We’ll have coverage of the meeting [continue reading]
Two motions regarding fare media were unanimously approved today by the Executive Management & Audit Committee. This first motion converts Metro calendar-based passes into “rolling” passes. Current calendar-based passes are good for the specific week or month they are purchased (i.e. a monthly pass bought in May is only good [continue reading]
The Wilshire bus lanes project has been in the planning stages for quite some time and still needs the final approval of Metro’s Board of Directors, the L.A. City Council and the Board of Supervisors before construction can begin. The Metro Board is scheduled to consider the bus lanes [continue reading]
The Board of Directors met this morning in downtown Los Angeles. The agenda was on the short side due to the start of the new year. Here are three notable actions taken by the Board: •(Item 21) The Board adopted a policy to better manage and track costs of Measure [continue reading]
After literally decades of talk, false starts, community resistance and funding dead-ends, a route for an extension of the subway to the job-rich Westside was selected by the Metro Board of Directors on Thursday in a vote called historic by several Directors. The Board of Directors voted 10 to 0 [continue reading]
Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board of Director member Antonio Villaraigosa just finished up a phone call with members of the local press about the 30/10 Initiative and tomorrow’s Board vote on selecting routes for the Westside Subway Extension and the Regional Connector projects. The 30/10 plan seeks to build [continue reading]
The first of two public hearings on the Regional Connector’s draft environmental impact statement/report (DEIS/R) is tomorrow night. Here’s the schedule: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 6:30 – 8pm Japanese American National Museum 369 E. 1st St Los Angeles, CA 90012 Monday, October 4, 2010 11:30am – 1pm Los Angeles Police [continue reading]
