The Eno Center for Transportation, an independent transportation think tank, has released a paper that offers lessons from Measure M, Metro’s 2016 sales tax initiative that was approved by 71.15 percent of Los Angeles County voters. The paper is part of a multi-year Eno initiative to comprehensively catalog, analyze and [continue reading]
First, a reminder: Metro is still taking applications for those who want to serve on the Measure M Taxpayer Oversight Committee. Please see this post for more info and how to apply. Measure R — the half-cent sales tax approved by L.A. County residents in 2008 — also has an [continue reading]
Department of Countdowns: It’s about 154 hours until Election Day, but it’s feeling more like 127 hours if you know what I mean. Things to read whilst transiting: what [continue reading]
Hey Dodgers 1: Follow the Sparks lead… Cutting down the nets! 2016 WNBA Champions! #WeRise #ComeWatchUsWork #GoSparks pic.twitter.com/t0lBt5yZF4 — Los Angeles Sparks (@LASparks) October 21, 2016 Hey Dodgers 2: If all goes as planned, the Dodger Stadium Express returns to service for Games 3 and 4 of the World Series [continue reading]
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/telephone-town-hall-measure-m-10-12-16 https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/telephone-town-hall-measure-m-10-12-16-spanish Don’t fear if you missed last night’s Telephone Town Hall on Metro’s sales tax ballot measure. There is another next Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Here’s the info on participating: Thirty thousand registered voters will be called, at random, through an automated system and invited [continue reading]
Metro Board Member Ara Najarian joined officials from the city of Santa Clarita to celebrate the opening of the Golden Valley Bridge Widening Project and naming of the bridge to honor [continue reading]
Things to read whilst transiting: a very funny article in the New Yorker about a smartphone game called “Don’t Get Fired” about working in an office. Excerpt: On this subject, the [continue reading]
The latest economic forecast by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) estimates that more than 465,000 jobs and $79.3 billion in economic output would result from infrastructure projects funded by the Los Angeles County Traffic Improvement Plan sales tax ballot measure in its first 50 years. The ballot [continue reading]
Measure M is a sales tax ballot measure that is being considered by L.A. County voters on Nov. 8. The ballot measure would raise the countywide sales tax by a half cent and continue the Measure R half-cent sales tax beyond its mid-2039 expiration date to fund a number of highway, [continue reading]
The new video comes from the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the agency charged with planning and building the rail extension between Azusa and Montclair. The line, as [continue reading]
