2015: a year of accomplishment and anticipation
It’s been another busy year at Metro. In the same year the Blue Line — Metro’s oldest light rail line — turned 25, construction continued on five rail [continue reading]
How We Roll, Nov. 3; with a TAP card, Supergirl could be invincible
As many of you know, the L.A. area has always had a shortage of superheroes, who tend to congregate in the more vertically-oriented and subterranean East Coast towns. Even Tony Stark [continue reading]
Metro receives grant for bike path in South L.A.
Metro has received a $15-million federal TIGER grant to help construct 6.4 miles of the Rail-to-River pedestrian and bike path that would run between the future Crenshaw/LAX Line, the Silver Line and [continue reading]
Metro Board meeting roundup; several Crenshaw/LAX Line-related items OKd
A few items of possible interest to you: •The Board received-and-filed this staff report on construction safety on the Crenshaw/LAX Line project, with Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas expressing skepticism that the contractor will quickly improve its safety program. •The Board approved committing up to $10.8 million in Metro funds toward the [continue reading]
Agenda for May meeting of Metro Board of Directors
The Metro Board of Directors holds their monthly meeting on May 28 at Metro headquarters adjacent to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. The agenda is posted above including links to Metro staff reports on a wide variety of items. Two items caught my eye: •Item 25, asking the Metro [continue reading]
Other actions taken Thursday by the Metro Board of Directors
It was a mostly quiet agenda, but these three items may be of interest: •Item 20. The Board approved a motion by Board Member Mark Ridley-Thomas to provide $2.8 million in funding to continue environmental studies and planning work for a walking and bike path on the Harbor Subdivision right-of-way that [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Wednesday, October 22
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. https://twitter.com/andreacline/status/524734474051801088 Rail to River moves forward (Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas website) The post concerns a motion by Supervisor and Metro Board Member Mark Ridley-Thomas that asks Metro to supply $2.8 [continue reading]
How Metro is studying the Rail-to-River proposal
In 2013, Supervisors and Metro Board Members Mark Ridley-Thomas and Gloria Molina began promoting a proposal to build an 8.3-mile pedestrian and bike path that would connect the future Crenshaw/LAX Line to the Los Angeles River. The path would follow the old Harbor Subdivision rail right-of-way that Metro owns and that [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Monday, the 6th of January
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! Hello and a belated Happy New Years to everyone. We took some time off during the holiday and also worked on some longer-term things, so [continue reading]