One of the allegations that has been floating around for months is that the Westside Subway Extension’s station in Century City was moved from Santa Monica Boulevard to Constellation Boulevard by Metro at the request of a politically-connected developer. It’s an assertion that is not true. The Constellation site was [continue reading]
Metro has prepared a proposed decision with written findings regarding the reasonableness of the Westside Subway Extension’s Century City station at Constellation and Avenue of the Stars, which would tunnel under parts of the Beverly Hills High School campus. This follows the special meeting on this subject that was held [continue reading]
The California Geological Survey has sent Metro the letter posted below about its position on earthquake fault zones in the Century City area. The letter was prompted by an L.A. Weekly story published in December headlined “Westside Subway Extension feud: Did Metro rig a Century City fault study to move [continue reading]
We have already posted about last week’s oral report to the Metro Board by several experts on seismic and tunneling issues in the Beverly Hills, Century City and Westwood areas. The experts recommended that the Century City station be located along Constellation Avenue to avoid two active earthquake fault zones [continue reading]
The pair of reports on tunneling safety and seismic issues involving the Westside Subway Extension between Beverly Hills and Westwood have been posted online. The reports were the basis for yesterday’s oral report to the Board of Directors by a variety of engineers, geologists and seismologists. The gist of it: [continue reading]
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]
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. Saving electricity on a Philly subway line (New York Times) A long-standing problem: subway trains generate electricity when braking for stations. Up [continue reading]
