President Barack Obama on Monday released his 2012 budget, which included his priorities for transportation spending. One area of particular concern for Metro is New Starts funding — the program run by the Federal Transit Administration to help local areas pay for big, pricey transit projects. The good news is [continue reading]
As we reported recently, the Board of Directors’ planning committee recently asked whether a nearly one-mile stretch of Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood should be removed from the rush hour bus lane project being planned along Wilshire. The concern is that the bus lane in that stretch between Selby and Comstock [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Director’s planning committee discussed the Wilshire bus lane project on Wednesday and moved the project’s environmental study and staff recommendations to the full Board. The committee declined to makes its own recommendation for or against the project — a common scenario in committee discussions. The Wilshire [continue reading]
More, ahem, less-than-good-news from the world of transit funding. The Federal Transit Administration released a report last week saying that $77.7 billion is needed to bring the state of the nation’s transit system into good repair. The news comes at a time, of course, when many transit agencies — including [continue reading]
Here’s an event to be held tomorrow about transportation funding that I thought some of you may be interested in: SUPERVISOR RIDLEY-THOMAS, POLICYLINK TO HOST FORUM SOLICITING PUBLIC INPUT ON SECURING FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDS FOR LOCAL PROJECTS ‘New Ideas for New Starts: Equity Considerations and Federal Transit Funding’ LOS ANGELES [continue reading]
This isn’t the easiest issue to get our brains wrapped around — nothing involving transportation funding ever is. But this post involves good news for the Westside Subway Extension, with a letter from Federal Transit Administration chief Peter Rogoff to Rep. Henry Waxman reaffirming his agency’s desire to see the [continue reading]
In Wednesday’s transpo headlines, we had an item about a speech that Federal Transit Administration chief Peter Rogoff gave at a transit conference this week. Rogoff made some pointed remarks, challenging transit officials to think about whether it was best to improve maintenance of their systems before expanding them. He [continue reading]
