Next Friday, February 11, is the deadline to provide input on scoping for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor project. Scoping is the first phase of the environmental study that is evaluating rail alternatives linking the San Fernando Valley and Westside providing a fast, reliable alternative to slogging through traffic. Six alternatives [continue reading]
Metro staff this month are releasing five alternatives to be studied as part of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor project’s environmental review process. The five are: •A monorail alternative along the 405. •A monorail alternative that would use an underground segment to connect to UCLA, which is about one to two [continue reading]
When we last checked on the Crenshaw Northern Extension last summer, the Metro Board was selecting three potential routes for further study in the project’s Draft Environmental Impact Report. The 45-day scoping period for the project begins today (Thursday, April 15) and ends Friday, May 28. This is the time when Metro [continue reading]
The first Measure M rail project scheduled to be built is the East San Fernando Valley Transit Project — a 9.2-mile light rail between the G Line (Orange) and the [continue reading]
Metro’s project to build a light rail line between Artesia and downtown Los Angeles — formally known as the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor — is in the planning [continue reading]
Friendly reminder: there will be a live webcast beginning at 6:30 p.m. of the public hearing on Thursday for the Division Portal Widening and Turnback Facility Project. This is the project that speed up the turnaround time for subway trains at Union Station and help add capacity to the line — [continue reading]
Studies are beginning for a key Measure M project to convert the HOV lanes to ExpressLanes on the 105 freeway for 15.7 miles between the 405 and the 605 freeways. The studies will be looking at the impact of making that change. The ExpressLanes on the 10 and 110 freeways [continue reading]
As great as Union Station may be, the tracks that serve Metrolink and Amtrak dead-end in the station. That causes train congestion and slows up the time it takes for trains [continue reading]
UPDATE, AUG. 2021 — The project web page on metro.net is no longer active as the project seeks funding. The FEIS/R can be viewed at the links below. The Final [continue reading]
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]
