Here via Metro’s Twitter feed is the latest info on bus delays on the Westside due to President Obama’s events in Hancock Park this evening: •Thru 10pm: Expect intermittent Westside bus delays & detours around Westwood, Beverly Hills, Wilshire Dist & Hancock Park. ^ST #ObamaTraffic •Until roads reopen 2night: Wilshire [continue reading]
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 blog. Before starting, I bleated in this space yesterday about the crummy traffic light synchronization in Pasadena. Is it just me? Or is it obvious [continue reading]
President Obama on Tuesday announced an expedited federal review of the Crenshaw/LAX Line, which could allow the project to begin construction earlier and create jobs sooner. Metro officials have previously said the Crenshaw/LAX Line is on track to begin construction in 2013. It is scheduled to open in 2018 under [continue reading]
We still don’t know what the traffic patterns for President Obama’s departure in the morning will look like. That info is being kept secret for the time being because of security concerns. But it’s a pretty good bet that Westside traffic between Beverly Hills and Brentwood will be bad between 8 a.m. and [continue reading]
Metro’s government relations staff wrote the following update on the job creation package proposed by President Barack Obama on Thursday. My quick take: it appears there will be more transportation money on the table — if Congress approves the package. However, it remains to be seen how much of those [continue reading]
Here is the description of President Obama’s speech to Congress tonight from Metro’s government relations staff: Moments ago, President Obama delivered remarks before a joint session of Congress in which he outlined his plan to jumpstart America’s economy. The President’s plan, delivered with the national unemployment rate standing at 9.1%, [continue reading]
Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell was pegged as the lunchtime keynote speaker at Mobility 21 — for good reason. These days, Rendell is one of the leading voices for increased infrastructure investment, serving as one of three co-chairs of the Building America’s Future coalition along with former California Governor Arnold [continue reading]
We’re blogging this morning live from the Mobility 21 Conference in downtown Los Angeles, where more than 1,000 public and private sector people in the transportation industry have gathered. Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Antonio Villaraigosa took center stage during the morning’s events with a speech and subsequent [continue reading]
As many of you know, a multiyear federal transportation bill was last approved by Congress in 2005. The followup to that bill should have been signed into law in 2009 but Congress has never been able to agree on the size and scope of the bill. So nothing has [continue reading]
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 blog. Villaraigosa lobbies Washington with jobs plan (L.A. Times) Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chairman Antonia Villaraigosa is in Washington trying to get Angelenos [continue reading]
