This week in Metro
Metro staff proposed hiring two firms to help develop agency-owned parcels in NoHo — and unveiled a few concepts for the site. We offered a few ideas where to take [continue reading]
Community meeting for Eastside Gold Line Phase 2 study on June 22
Metro will host a community meeting in East Los Angeles to provide updates and receive public input on the latest developments of the Eastside Transit Corridor Phase 2 project. Metro is studying two alternatives (SR60 and Washington Boulevard) to extend the Metro Gold Line east from its current terminus at [continue reading]
How We Roll, April 1: Friday short stack
Editorial: Whittier needs a Gold Line to call its own (SGV Tribune) The lede to the editorial about the Eastside Gold Line Extension project is buried in the second-to-last paragraph: But if the question is which one should be built first, we come down on the side of a Whittier line [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Tuesday, February 10
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! Today’s Metro rider profile from Zocalo Public Square: ‘Talking to Strangers Was My Job.’ Clearing the air on the SR 710 North (San Gabriel Valley [continue reading]
Metro Board votes 10-3 to ask county voters to extend Measure R sales tax to 2069
The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday voted 10 to 3 to ask Los Angeles County voters to extend the Measure R half-cent sales tax for 30 years beyond its 2039 expiration date to possibly accelerate transit and road projects funded by the original Measure R while creating jobs in [continue reading]
A Measure R extension Q & A
Measure R was approved by nearly 68 percent of Los Angeles County voters in 2008 as a half-cent sales tax that would be in effect for 30 years — with an expiration date of mid-2039. As many Source readers know, Metro staff are proposing to ask county voters to extend [continue reading]
Video from yesterday's transportation meeting at the White House
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]
500 weigh in on phase 2 of Gold Line Eastside Extension
Metro CEO Art Leahy provided an update in his daily email to staff on the planning process for the Gold Line Eastside Extension Phase 2 project, which could extend the Gold Line from East Los Angeles to either South El Monte or Whittier. Phase two is a project set to [continue reading]
Public meetings to be held on Eastside Gold Line Phase 2
The Eastside Gold Line Extension just opened in November but planning continues on a possible extension of the extension to South El Monte or Whittier. Four public meetings are being held in late February to update residents on the planning process for the Eastside Transit Corridor project. At this point, [continue reading]