A look back at the 2010s from a Metro and mobility point of view
The end of the 2010s is upon us. Although I’m not one who thinks history fits neatly in 10-year boxes, this is a good chance to mull what has happened [continue reading]
Recap of Metro Board of Directors’ December meeting
The Metro Board of Directors last week held their final meeting of 2019. Here’s the agenda from the meeting with the links to staff reports: The recap with votes is below and will also be posted to this page: Here’s a recording of the webstream from the meeting, which was [continue reading]
Preview of Thursday’s Metro Board meeting
The Metro Board of Directors’ final meeting of the year/decade is tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Metro mothership adjacent to Union Station in downtown L.A. As always, the public is welcome to attend — comfy seats! — or watch the livestream (a link will appear here when the meeting [continue reading]
Open House held for Little Tokyo/Arts District Joint Development
On October 17th Metro hosted an Open House to discuss transit-oriented development at the Little Tokyo/Arts District station for Metro’s Regional Connector project. In January 2019, Metro received development proposals [continue reading]
New details and renderings on proposed Joint Development at North Hollywood Station
The planned Joint Development at North Hollywood Station between Metro and NoHo Development Associates LLC (the developer) returns to the Metro Board of Directors this month. Metro staff is [continue reading]
New rendering of Vermont/Santa Monica joint development project now available
In January 2017, Metro received an Unsolicited Proposal from Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC) Community Development Corporation for a joint development at the Vermont/Santa Monica Station. After completing a review [continue reading]
Preview of June’s Metro Board of Directors meeting
pdf here The Metro Board of Directors will hold their regular monthly meeting at 9:30 a.m. this Thursday at Metro headquarters that is adjacent to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. The meeting, as usual, is open to the public and will be live-streamed. A link will appear here shortly [continue reading]
Community Workshops in April for joint development at Exposition and Crenshaw boulevards
We posted in November about a proposed joint development adjacent to the Expo Line and future Crenshaw/LAX Line at the intersection of Exposition and Crenshaw boulevards. Metro and Los Angeles [continue reading]
Two Boyle Heights joint developments to be considered by Metro Board
Metro joint developments proposed for Mariachi Plaza and the intersection of Cesar Chavez Avenue and Fickett Street will be considered by the agency’s Board of Directors this month. Specifically, the [continue reading]
Renderings and report on joint development proposed at Exposition and Crenshaw boulevards
Metro and Los Angeles County staff are proposing to enter a six-month negotiating period with the developer Watt Companies to build 492 residential units and about 47,500 square feet of [continue reading]