Former L.A. Weekly writer Harold Meyerson has an op-ed supporting the 30/10 Initiative in this morning’s L.A. Times. Meyerson, long known as an advocate for labor, had a similar piece earlier this year in the Washington Post, where he is now a columnist. Attentive readers already know that the 30/10 [continue reading]
The transportation advocacy group Move LA has scheduled a rally for Friday, Aug. 13, to rally the troops to support the 30/10 Initiative. See the flier at right. This is the same group that cleverly started the 30/10 online petition. The 30/10 plan was officially adopted as Metro policy this [continue reading]
We’ve spent plenty of time looking back, with this past Wednesday being the 20th anniversary of the Blue Line and the birth of Metro Rail. I wanted to look forward today and provide a quick update where future Metro Rail projects were in the pipeline. The list below is of [continue reading]
As I posted yesterday, the Gold Line Foothill Extension project awarded its first construction contract on Friday. A ceremonial groundbreaking will take place in Arcadia on Saturday and work on a rail bridge over the eastbound lanes of the 210 freeway is expected to start within a few months. While [continue reading]
The agency charged with building the Gold Line extension from Pasadena to Azusa awarded its first construction contract on Friday, moving the light rail project one step closer to being built. It’s important because the Foothill Extension will be the first rail project funded by the Measure R to begin [continue reading]
The tweet from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority just went out a few minutes ago — the groundbreaking on the light rail extension from Pasadena to Azusa is scheduled for Saturday, June 26, at 10 a.m. at Newcastle Park in Arcadia. The Foothill Extension will be the first [continue reading]
A extension of the Gold Line from its terminus in Pasadena for 11-plus miles to Azusa will likely break ground this summer, which would make it the first Measure R rail project to begin construction. The Foothill Extension got the go-ahead when the Metro Board of Directors voted unanimously on [continue reading]
Just a reminder that the Metro Board of Directors have their regular monthly meeting on Thursday morning at Metro headquarters adjacent to Union Station at 9:30 a.m. Meetings are, of course, open to the public and in case you were wondering, the Metro Board room features free wi-fi. Here’s a [continue reading]
The Board of Director’s Measure R committee delayed voting until next month on an agreement with the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority over how to transfer funds between Metro and the Authority. The Authority is a separate agency set up to build the first phase of the Foothill Extension [continue reading]
As we posted earlier in today’s transportation headlines, things appear to be chugging along smoothly for the Foothill Extension of the Gold Line, which would extend the current Gold Line for 11.4 miles from Pasadena to Azusa with six new stations and some much-needed new parking. The Foothill Extension Construction [continue reading]
