The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday unanimously voted to launch feasibility studies of congestion relief pricing and New Mobility fees on Uber, Lyft and devices such as scooters as part of Metro’s “Re-Imagining of LA County: Mobility, Equity and the Environment” plan. The initiative seeks to greatly reduce traffic, [continue reading]
Pdf for download and printing here. Audio from meeting. •Metro CEO Phil Washington announced that Metro would issue request for proposals for public private partnerships (PPPs) for three projects: the Sepulveda Transit Corridor, West Santa Ana Branch Corridor and Metro ExpressLanes. The PPPs could lead to significant cost savings and [continue reading]
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) today announced that it is moving toward a series of public-private partnerships (P3s) that will deliver Measure M transportation projects to L.A. [continue reading]
You probably heard the announcement earlier this hour by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti: an agreement has been reached with the International Olympics Committee for our region to host the [continue reading]
Metro has named Ernst & Young Infrastructure Advisors, LLC, a recognized authority in the U.S. public-private partnership (P3) infrastructure market, to help Metro select the best delivery methods possible for advancing major transportation projects in L.A County. Tom Rousakis – a leader in the field of infrastructure finance – will partner [continue reading]
One of the items on the Nov. 8 ballot in Los Angeles County is a half-cent sales tax ballot measure by Metro called the Los Angeles Country Traffic Improvement Plan [continue reading]
One in a series of posts that will look at projects and programs that would receive funding from the Measure M sales tax ballot measure on the Nov. 8 ballot. Purple [continue reading]
One in a series of posts that will look at projects and programs that would receive funding from the sales tax ballot measure that the Metro Board has approved to send [continue reading]
I’ve been AWOLish the past 10 days, so lots of catching up to do… Things to read whilst transiting: I don’t know why the New Yorker continues to give away [continue reading]
Things to listen to whilst transiting: Our latest podcast features an interview with Joshua Schank, Metro’s new Chief Innovation Officer. Things to read whilst transiting 1: two local eateries — [continue reading]
