Pam O’Connor

Metro Board Member Pam O’Connor appointed to state task force on mileage-based user fees

Long-time Santa Monica Council Member and Metro Board Member Pam O’Connor has been appointed to a California Transportation Commission task force exploring milage-based user fees in the state. California and the federal government currently raise money for transportation projects by taxing each gallon of gasoline that motorists purchase. The problem is twofold: no one [continue reading]

Transportation headlines, Thursday, October 2

Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison!  Metro shouldn’t play the name game (L.A. Times) The Times’ editorial board says that it’s unseemly for the Metro Board of Directors to name transit stations [continue reading]

Transportation headlines, Wednesday, Dec. 12

The holidays can bring out the best in us and also in trains, as these photos taken last Saturday in Milwaukee and Chicago show. But as former midwesterners will attest, the beauty that is December is transformed in January to weather not friendly to waiting outdoors for a bus. Another thing for Californians to be thankful for. Pasadena hammers [continue reading]