The Metro Board of Directors Operations Committee on Thursday met to consider the proposed June 2011 service changes. A full list of the proposed changes is available here [PDF]. After a line-by-line review of the changes, the Operations Committee voted to forward the proposed bus service changes to the full [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors met in downtown Los Angeles for their monthly meeting Thursday morning and took action on several items of interest below. As of 11:45 a.m., the meeting is still in progress and the Board still has items to discuss in closed session. Please note that Los [continue reading]
Despite a California shortfall of $25 billion and a national debt of around $13.7 trillion, there’s good news for L.A. County, according to Metro Board Chair and L.A. County Supervisor Don Knabe. And a chunk of that good news relates to transit. Well, transit and jobs. In his State of [continue reading]
The final environmental impact report for rush hour bus lanes on parts of Wilshire Boulevard was initially approved by the Metro Board of Directors on Thursday, with a roughly one-mile stretch in the Condo Canyon area of Westwood removed from the project. Board Member Mark Ridley-Thomas abstained from the vote. [continue reading]
Among the actions taken so far today by the Metro Board of Directors at their meeting: •(Item 6) The Board approved a $28-million increase to the budget for the first phase of the Expo Line from downtown L.A. to Culver City, bringing it to $928 million. Staff report •(Item 3) [continue reading]
At their meeting on Thursday, the Metro Board of Directors will be asked to increase the budget of the first phase of Expo Line by $28 million to settle claims made by the design-build contractor. If the increase is approved, the total cost of the Expo Line project would rise [continue reading]
That’s the question asked by the L.A. Times in a strong weekend story by reporters Richard Simon and Dan Weikel. Republicans won the majority in the House of Representatives in last week’s elections and are vowing to cut spending — which could impact 30/10’s prospects of becoming law. The 30/10 [continue reading]
President Barack Obama held a meeting at the White House this morning on investing in the nation’s infrastructure — a follow-up to his Labor Day announcement of a plan to rebuild the country’s roads and rails. Among those in attendance was Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraiogosa, who also serves on [continue reading]
As for our latest subway poll, we’ve received many comments, which have come in through the poll page, email and via the Westside Subway Extension Facebook page. Some don’t like the poll itself, others definitely aren’t thrilled with the idea of placing a station at the VA Hospital — they [continue reading]
The monthly meeting of the agency’s Board of Directors will be held Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at Metro headquarters adjacent to Union Station in Los Angeles. Meetings are open to the public. Here’s a quick look at some of the more interesting items on the meeting’s agenda: •(Item 33) The [continue reading]
