Metro today launched Workforce Initiative Now-LA (WIN-LA), a groundbreaking workforce development program focused on creating career pathways in the transportation industry. Today’s event in downtown Los Angeles introduced WIN-LA to prime [continue reading]
Art of Transit: LA 2024 — the committee overseeing the bid to secure the 2024 Summer Olympics — recently issued new renderings of proposed sports venues. The Sepulveda Basin facilities would [continue reading]
The tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the Regional Connector project recently began its journey beneath downtown Los Angeles. The 400-foot-long TBM, known as ‘Angeli,’ will dig the twin tunnels that will connect [continue reading]
The latest economic forecast by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) estimates that more than 465,000 jobs and $79.3 billion in economic output would result from infrastructure projects funded by the Los Angeles County Traffic Improvement Plan sales tax ballot measure in its first 50 years. The ballot [continue reading]
Hi everyone. Anna and I will be out on the Expo Line tomorrow morning. Please follow us on Twitter for frequent updates, service alerts and news about Metro. 1) What’s [continue reading]
Hi everyone. Anna and I will be out on the Expo Line tomorrow morning. Please follow us on Twitter for frequent updates, service alerts and news about Metro. 1) What’s [continue reading]
You may have seen some of these numbers bouncing around online in the past couple of weeks. They are from a report that Metro commissioned from the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation on the economic impact of the half-cent sales tax increase approved by Los Angeles County voters in 2008. [continue reading]
Reminder: there’s a community meeting at 6 p.m. tonight in Palmdale about Metro’s potential ballot measure. More info here. Things to read whilst transiting: •If you need proof that apes will one day surely rule, look no further than Buzzfeed, which actually has a post about what’s trending on Amazon. If [continue reading]
A study from the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) last year found that more than 97 percent of construction workers on the average crew were male — roughly the same as 30 [continue reading]
CCIC Save the Date The Los Angeles Urban League, in collaboration with Walsh Shea Corridor Constructors, Metro and other agencies, invites job-seekers interested in construction careers to attend a kick-off event for the Construction Careers Information Center (CCIC). The CCIC will be operated by Los Angeles Urban League and will [continue reading]
