With some key milestones being reached this week, we wanted to provide a quick update on the Sepulveda Transit Corridor project. This is Metro’s effort to build a fast, high-capacity transit line between the San Fernando Valley, the Westside and LAX. •On Wednesday, August 26, proposals from private firms are [continue reading]
One of the key projects with funding from Metro’s M ballot measure is an extension of the Eastside Gold Line from its current terminus at Atlantic Avenue in East L.A. [continue reading]
The feasibility study for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor project has been completed, looking at the need and possible routes for a rail line or monorail in the heavily trafficked corridor [continue reading]
Metro has issued a Request for Proposals seeking early assistance from the private sector to jointly develop plans for the massive Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project. Metro’s RFP seeks a pre-development agreement (PDA) with up to two private sector proposers to assist in the planning and design of this mega-project — [continue reading]
pdf here UPDATE: the Board in September approved the contracts described below. The earlier post: As part of Metro’s efforts to reduce traffic and improve mobility, the agency’s Board of Directors this month will consider awarding two contracts to conduct the agency’s Congestion Pricing Feasibility Study. Here are the staff [continue reading]
•Channeling his inner Bruce Banner, Howard Beale and/or Thanos, LAT columnist Steve Lopez says the apocalypse is nigh and something must be done ASAP about traffic and sky high housing costs in our region. As self-appointed King of California, Lopez declares: I will wipe out gridlock overnight by imposing a [continue reading]
The Metro Board held its April meeting on Thursday. You can watch the meeting here. The agenda is above or pdf here. Among the actions taken yesterday: •The Board approved a receive-and-file on the aerial tram that a private firm proposes to fund, build and operate between Union Station and [continue reading]
“I'm a 108 bus catchingBlue line train riding, westsider with the young extras” — RIP Nipsey Hussle. pic.twitter.com/5USIexD07N — LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) April 1, 2019 Here’s an appreciation in the [continue reading]
Tidbit from @metrolosangeles: The service planning department says they're working with LADOT and Garcetti’s office to install a "pilot bus lane" by the end of 2019. Several other corridors could [continue reading]
As many of you likely know, the Metro Board of Directors in February approved launching a feasibility study of congestion relief pricing, which is the use of tolls to manage [continue reading]
