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. Government and social media (Government Technology) This blog post urges government agencies to get [continue reading]
MEASURE R 2: The proposed ballot measure to extend the Measure R sales tax for 30 years — from 2039 to 2069 — in order to try to accelerate transit and road will be back in the news soon. First, the Metro Board is scheduled Aug. 6 to debate a [continue reading]
Below is the agenda for tomorrow’s meeting of the full Metro Board of Directors (pdf version here). The meeting begins at 9 a.m. in the Board room on the 3rd floor of Metro headquarters that is adjacent to Union Station in downtown L.A. You can listen to the meeting online [continue reading]
With the possibility that Los Angeles County voters will be considering a Measure R extension on the November ballot, Metro has been getting a lot of questions from customers and media. The big one: will Metro have to raise fares to have the money to operate new Measure R transit [continue reading]
The vote on AB-1446 (by Assemblyman Mike Feuer, D-Los Angeles) was yesterday afternoon. The state bill is needed in order to put a Measure R extension on a ballot before county voters. On a related note, the Metro Board of Directors is scheduled to vote on whether to take the [continue reading]
In order to prepare for the upcoming locking of gates at subway stations, the turnstiles have been locked until 8 p.m. today at the Purple Line’s Wilshire/Normandie station (photos above and below). In addition, the ticket machines at that station have been converted to TAP only — that is, they [continue reading]
Measure R was approved by nearly 68 percent of Los Angeles County voters in 2008 as a half-cent sales tax that would be in effect for 30 years — with an expiration date of mid-2039. As many Source readers know, Metro staff are proposing to ask county voters to extend [continue reading]
I thought riders of the 733 Rapid Bus that primarily uses Venice Boulevard during its long journey from downtown Santa Monica to Venice Beach to Los Angeles Union Station would be interested in the following staff report. The gist of it: staff is recommending spending $7 million to install traffic [continue reading]
Good morning taxpayers, transit riders, motorists and other interested parties. Metro Board Chair Antonio Villaraigosa just dropped the gavel on today’s Board meeting, which includes discussion and a possible vote of the Westside Subway Extension’s route and station locations between La Cienega Boulevard and Westwood and a discussion over the [continue reading]
The bill, AB 1446, next goes to the full Assembly floor. If approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, the bill would allow the Metro Board of Directors to ask Los Angeles County voters to extend the Measure R half-cent sales tax beyond its 2039 expiration date. [continue reading]
