UPDATE: Work has been completed early, and trains will run regular service to all Green Line stations on Sunday. For real-time service updates, follow us on Twitter at @metrolosangeles or @metrolaalerts. Bus shuttles are [continue reading]
How do they do that? is a series for The Source that explores the technology that helps keep Metro running and passengers and other commuters moving. Some of it applies directly to the trains, buses and freeways and some of it runs in the background — invisible to nearly everyone [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. Searching for CicLAvia’s slow gear (Zev’s Blog) As someone who plans to enjoy CicLAvia [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. Gas-Tax Revamp Pushed to Fund Transportation Project (Wall Street Journal) States are starting to lobby Congress to replace the decades-old federal tax [continue reading]
A $546-million federal loan that will enable Metro to more quickly build an 8.5-mile light rail line in the Crenshaw District was announced today by U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA). It is the first federal funding received for a Measure R transit project and will accelerate the schedule for completion [continue reading]
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has just announced a major step forward in funding the 30/10 initiative with the announcement of a federal TIFIA TIGER II loan of $546 million for the Crenshaw / LAX Transit Corridor project. The loan would be paid back using Measure R funds. More details [continue reading]
Attentive readers know that Metro staff this week issued their recommended route for the Westside Subway Extension: basically a route that follows Wilshire Boulevard west, swings south to Century City and then back to Wilshire and ending at a station near the VA Hospital in Westwood. Staff also said that [continue reading]
Here is video of some remarks that President Barack Obama made on Monday following his meeting at the White House about improving transportation infrastructure. As we posted yesterday, Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Director Antonio Villaraigosa attended the meeting to discuss the 30/10 Initiative, Metro’s plan to build a dozen [continue reading]
I found these four maps in one of the appendices of the Regional Connector’s draft environmental impact statement/report. I posted them because they’re kind of interesting — it’s a chance to see both population and job density around some of Metro’s current and future transit lines in the years 2005 [continue reading]
Some good news for the future Crenshaw/LAX Line, one of the new light rail lines that Metro is currently planning: The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a $1.45-million grant to help design an intermodal transit center for the Aviation/Century station near LAX. The grant was originally supposed to go to [continue reading]
