As many of you know by now, the Regional Connector’s Final Environmental Impact Statement/Report was released last Friday. (News release and Exec summary here). The public review period begins today and the Metro Board of Directors will consider the report at their February meeting. Here are some of the highlights [continue reading]
A crack team of urban design and development experts from the Urban Land Institute (ULI) descended on Los Angeles last week to help Metro and the city of L.A. develop its vision for the area surrounding Union Station. After several packed days of interviews and site visits, the panel presented its [continue reading]
Here’s the good word from the folks at Metro planning the Regional Connector: On November 10 and 11, 2011, Metro is scheduled to perform an excavation next to the Japanese Village Plaza Parking structure to confirm the depth of the existing foundation. The work will be performed on the sidewalk [continue reading]
As planning and preliminary engineering continues to unfold for the Regional Connector project, Metro is evaluating different options for the three new stations — including building two of the stations with one entrance instead of two. The Little Tokyo Station is still configured to include two entrances to accommodate a [continue reading]
The Nutty Nomads are a pair of urban explorers who happen to be sisters that love to document their adventures in L.A. Last week they tweeted @MetroLosAngeles to let us know about their latest video: Metro Challenge. The challenge? Visiting some of L.A.’s best sites without a car! The Nomads [continue reading]
The refinements in the report involve the alignment of the proposed tunnels through Little Tokyo. The memo from the project team: Metro is currently circulating the Supplemental Environmental Assessment/Recirculated Sections of the Draft Environmental Impact Report (Supplemental EA/Recirculated Draft EIR Sections) presenting information on the refinements to the Locally [continue reading]
photo by jim6773, via Flickr Good timing and good shot taken from the Gold Line’s Little Tokyo station of a mural on the side of the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA along Alameda Street. Being watched is a little intimidating, eh? To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post [continue reading]
photo by Chris Guy, via Flickr Very cool photo taken earlier this year of the Kokusaikaikan Metro station in Kyoto, Japan. The photo was taken with a Nikon D700 with a shutter speed of 1/200th of a second, aperture of f/4.0, a 14mm focal length and 1,000 ISO. The camera’s [continue reading]
At the request of the Federal Transit Administration, Metro on Friday will recirculate a supplement to the Regional Connector’s draft environmental impact statement/report. This is an update of portions of the previously circulated Draft EIS/EIR. The public will have 45 days to review the document and provide comments. The document [continue reading]
Thousands of new boardings system-wide. Reduced transfers saving up to 20 minutes on some trips. An 11-minute ride from Union Station across downtown to Pico Station. Increased service efficiency. New transit stations in the employment heart of Los Angeles County. Take your pick, because the 1.9-mile Regional Connector has something [continue reading]
