How We Roll: eagle eye’s view of Metro, freeways and other cool stuff
Art of Transit So, a friend of mine won a 20-minute helicopter ride in a raffle and invited yours truly to tag along on Monday. And it figures: while up [continue reading]
How We Roll, Nov. 21: dumb phones, infrastructure spending, rail-to-trails, SaMo vs the sea
Things to listen to whilst transiting: This American Life’s recent episode on the variety of reactions to the presidential election earlier this month. Always good to hear different points of [continue reading]
Metro celebrates 10th anniversary of the Orange Line
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) today joined a host of San Fernando Valley representatives, stakeholders, community members and others to officially celebrate the 10-year anniversary of [continue reading]
Metro begins process to develop 15 acres in NoHo
In transportation and planning circles, there is a long-held belief that it makes sense to put new developments near transit. It’s a strategy seen as a way to increase ridership, help [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Wednesday, Jan. 2
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Lankershim Boulevard rises to prominence in the Valley (L.A. Times) Another excellent dispatch in [continue reading]
Metro to Receive $20 Million in Federal Grants from U.S. Department of Transportation
Metro pulled in a couple of nice federal grants on Thursday — including money to help build the pedestrian tunnel under Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood between the Red Line station and Orange Line platform. The Daily News also published a good story with more details. Work is expected to [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Monday, April 2
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. All the details on the proposed Orange Line-Red Line link in NoHo (Curbed LA) [continue reading]
Small update on San Fernando Valley bus projects
The Measure R sales tax increase approved by voters in 2008 included three key projects for the San Fernando Valley: •The Orange Line busway extension from Canoga Park to the Chatsworth Metrolink station, which is under construction and scheduled for completion in 2012. •A transit project to connect the Westside [continue reading]