Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Attorney convicted in stealing nearly $2 million in MTA money (L.A. Times) James Vincent Reiss defended Metro as a contract attorney in injury cases. Reiss [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. Missed connections: looking for love on the bus, train and Walmart (Psychology Today) The [continue reading]
WESTWOOD/VA STATION: For obvious reasons, a lot of attention has been paid to the Westside Subway Extension’s Century City station and the subway alignment in Beverly Hills. There’s no need to belabor those issues here. But one of the more overlooked stories involving the subway project involves the Westwood/VA Hospital [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. The 305 bus: to be or not to be? (L.A. Times) Passengers complain at [continue reading]
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a 7.7-mile option for rush hour bus lanes for Wilshire Boulevard, clearing a key hurdle needed for the project to begin its design phase and then construction. But the Council provided a wrinkle: adding language asking the Metro Board of Directors to [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors last month approved a 7.7-mile Wilshire peak hour bus lane project on portions of Wilshire within the city of Los Angeles. The City Council’s Transportation Committee discussed the issue for more than two hours this afternoon and split three ways: two Council members (Richard Alarcon [continue reading]
There’s a lot on the agenda for the monthly meeting of the Metro Board of Directors, the politicians and appointees who get final say on Metro policy. A few highlights from the agenda: •(Item 1) The Board is also set to consider adding a Leimert Park Village station to the [continue reading]
A 7.7-mile Wilshire Boulevard peak hour bus plane project was endorsed on Wednesday afternoon by the Metro Board of Directors’ planning committee by a vote of 5 to 0. It is the same route recommended by Metro staff. The route — shown above — includes a 2.3-mile segment west of [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]
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 blog. Beverly Hills vs. Metro (Neon Tommy) The USC news site provides a nice glimpse of the state of affairs between Metro and [continue reading]
