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! Report urges new light rail station, circulator for LAX travel (L.A. Times) Good coverage of the Metro staff report released yesterday recommending a new light rail [continue reading]
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! Date set for 405 carpool lane opening (ZevWeb) The new 10-mile northbound HOV lane on the 405 freeway between the 10 and 101 freeways will open [continue reading]
UPDATE TUESDAY, 12:55 p.m.: I added a few items concerning Metro’s bike program that are worth putting on the record! 🙂 Above is the very nice rainbow seen Thursday afternoon over East Los Angeles and County-USC Medical Center. Will there be a rainbow over Metro in 2014? Stay tuned for [continue reading]
Metro project acceleration plan The Metro Board of Directors this month will consider a project acceleration plan that, on average, would lop an average of 10 years off the time it takes to build second and third decade Measure R transit and road projects. It’s a big deal for many [continue reading]
This Monday, May 6th, is the end of the scoping period for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor. Scoping is the first stage of environmental review which means this is your opportunity to help shape the study that is evaluating light rail and bus rapid transit options for the [continue reading]
East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor scoping meeting PowerPoint by sourcemetro There is one more community meeting this month for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor project: Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 4-6 pm Marvin Braude Constituent Service Center 6262 Van Nuys Boulevard Van Nuys, CA 91401 Validated Parking available [continue reading]
Working with the cities of Los Angeles and San Fernando, Metro is studying north-sound transit improvements in the San Fernando Valley, mostly along Van Nuys Boulevard. Among the options being studied are bus rapid transit and light rail (all four of the alternatives are below). Here’s a recent [continue reading]
A bus rapid transit or light rail line along Van Nuys Boulevard are among the options recommended for further study in the Alternative Analysis released today by Metro for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor project. The study considered more than 30 alternatives for improving transit in the eastern [continue reading]
We’re one week shy of the fourth anniversary of the passage of Measure R by Los Angeles County voters in 2008. The half-cent sales tax approved for 30 years upended everything: a host of transit and road projects that otherwise lacked funding suddenly had some dollars behind them. Or to [continue reading]
The latest round of community meetings began last night for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor project, which aims to improve north-south transit in the area shown in the map above. Info on the remaining three meetings is here; the next meeting is Thursday night (Oct. 4) from 6 [continue reading]
