Metro staff provides update on Eastside Gold Line
One of the key projects with funding from Metro’s M ballot measure is an extension of the Eastside Gold Line from its current terminus at Atlantic Avenue in East L.A. [continue reading]
Show some love for bus transit! Attend a Service Council meeting and learn more about Metro’s future bus network
This February, you can attend a NextGen Bus Plan public workshop and a Regional Service Council meeting all at the same location. Most of the Councils will meet after one of their region’s workshops instead of at their regular times, except for Gateway Cities, which will meet before. The South [continue reading]
Metro releases RFP seeking early contractor help to develop the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project
Metro has issued a Request for Proposals seeking early assistance from the private sector to jointly develop plans for the massive Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project. Metro’s RFP seeks a pre-development agreement (PDA) with up to two private sector proposers to assist in the planning and design of this mega-project — [continue reading]
More analysis recommended on North San Fernando Valley Bus Rapid Transit project
The North San Fernando Valley Bus Rapid Transit project is returning to the Metro Board of Directors this month with an update from agency staff on the project, which aims [continue reading]
Metro to hold community meetings to provide updates on West Santa Ana light rail project
Metro is set to host three meetings to update communities on the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor (WSAB) Project, a 19-mile light rail line that will connect southeast Los [continue reading]
Metro releases video of rail tours conducted for West Santa Ana Branch project
The West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor project team earlier this year provided six public tours of the Expo Line and Gold Line to show folks who live and work [continue reading]
Metro staff studies building Initial Operating Segments on West Santa Ana Branch project
An update is going to the Metro Board of Directors on the West Santa Ana light rail project. As part of the project’s environmental studies, staff is studying two Initial [continue reading]
Metro Board to consider contractors for congestion pricing feasibility study
pdf here UPDATE: the Board in September approved the contracts described below. The earlier post: As part of Metro’s efforts to reduce traffic and improve mobility, the agency’s Board of Directors this month will consider awarding two contracts to conduct the agency’s Congestion Pricing Feasibility Study. Here are the staff [continue reading]
More refined concepts and early cost estimates are released for Sepulveda Transit Corridor
Metro staff continue to refine the concepts for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor project that will build a heavy rail line or monorail between the Van Nuys Metrolink Station in the [continue reading]
New presentation on three potential routes for L.A. River Path Project
pdf here Three Metro community meetings were held earlier this month to introduce three potential alternatives for the L.A. River Path Project, which aims to fill the eight-mile gap in [continue reading]