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! Metrolink board members want to consider hiring Art Leahy (L.A. Times) While the Metrolink Board has said it will conduct a nationwide search, several Board [continue reading]
Pico Station Improvements staff report Interesting item that will be heard in the Board of Director’s Finance committee on Wednesday afternoon (1 p.m., Metro Board Room, 3rd floor) on a proposed agreement with AEG to add a second platform to the Blue and Expo lines’ Pico Street station (pdf download [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 orRSS feed. Miss Traffic Offers Tips for Taking Bikes On Metro During CicLAvia (Metro via YouTube) [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. A win-win scenario for Farmers Field (Los Angeles Times) In an op-ed in the Los [continue reading]
WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING A STADIUM, TIMING IS EVERYTHING: In its $27-million, 10,000-page study of the impact of building Farmers Field, AEG determined there will be traffic impacts in downtown (surprise!) and offered to spend $10 million on a second platform for the Pico station serving the nearby Blue [continue reading]
AEG released a draft environmental impact study on Thursday on its proposed football stadium adjacent to Staples Center and L.A. Live. The transportation chapter in section one of the report discusses a wide range of transportation impacts and includes this: Mitigation Measure B.1-1: Prior to issuance of a building permit [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. AEG unveils traffic plan for downtown football stadium (Daily News) [continue reading]
HIGH-SPEED RAIL PLAN: The revised plan that was released Monday proposes to build 300 miles of high-speed rail track between Merced and the San Fernando Valley by 2021. It’s nice to see the initial segment of the project expanded to Los Angeles County, but there’s an obvious question here: Even [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. Taking transit to Farmers Field (Huffington Post) An exec with AEG, the firm proposing the downtown NFL stadium, told an L.A. City [continue reading]
The L.A. City Council’s Ad Hoc Committee on Downtown Stadium and Convention Center Renovation is holding a special hearing next Monday at 8:30 a.m. In particular, the committee will be receiving a “presentation by AEG concerning the environmental impact report (EIR) for the Event Center and New Hall, with a [continue reading]
