Metro Board Chair Diane DuBois and Doug Failing, Metro Executive Director of Highway Projects, discussed Metro’s on-going and future street and highway projects Oct. 17 live on a 1-hour TV call-in show that also streamed on the web. As viewer questions streamed in, they discussed 405 construction, the temporary waiver of [continue reading]
Metro held a live chat this afternoon to area residents a chance to quiz two agency officials — Doug Failing, the Executive Director of Highway Programs, and Krishniah Murthy, Executive Director of Transit Project Delivery — about the July 16-17 weekend closure of the 405 over the Sepulveda Pass. If [continue reading]
Metro issued a long news release today about its highway program — specifically the many projects either underway or in the planning stage. As the release states, Metro’s highway program is often overlooked because of the agency’s transit programs. But the highway program is important. The most recent Census Bureau [continue reading]
The team of Metro staffers working on the 710 gap closure study held a briefing with members of the media this morning and stories are expected to be published in several newspapers. As we posted on Monday, a round of 18 community meetings begins on Feb. 15 to discuss the [continue reading]
Metro’s Bicycle Program has recently undergone a management change that is designed to bolster agency efforts to make L.A.’s transit system friendlier to bicycle commuters. Metro’s Bicycle Program is now under the leadership of Diego Cardoso, an executive officer within the planning department who also directs Metro’s pedestrian, transportation demand [continue reading]
Last Friday was a busy one at One Gateway, Metro’s headquarters in Los Angeles. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Sen. Barbara Boxer were here for a town hall meeting and Metro also hosted its first bicycle roundtable, which I missed. The idea, in essence, was for Metro to listen [continue reading]
Earlier this fall, former Caltrans district 7 chief Doug Failing left his long-time post to oversee Metro’s highways program. District 7 is a big-time job because it covers both Los Angeles and Ventura counties, meaning whoever is running the show has to cope with some of the nation’s heaviest traffic [continue reading]
