It’s official: Measure M heads to November ballot
Above is a fact sheet on Measure M. And here’s the news release from Metro: More Mobility, Movement, Motion, Maintenance focus of Metro’s Sales Tax Ballot Measure The Los Angeles [continue reading]
How We Roll, August 3: Election Day is now officially interesting
From the Dept. of Grizzly Adams: I had the good fortune to spend the last few days active transporting around the Eastern Sierra. In this day and age, it’s pretty nice to be a few miles from the nearest road and to have no cell/internet access. Guess the name of this pass [continue reading]
How We Roll, July 19: a lil’ respect for cyclists, please
From the Department of Show Bike Riders Some Respect: After another grueling day of blogging for the government, I went home to the 91106 last week and decided to go for a bike ride to stretch the legs and enjoy some semi-clean air. I’m pedaling along a bike lane on [continue reading]
Board approves taking Measure M to voters
Live updates of the Metro Board meeting once it begins at 9 a.m. will be posted here. The Board is scheduled to consider putting a ballot measure that would ask voters [continue reading]
How We Roll, June 14: first wave of stories on revised ballot measure
Art of Transit or Whatever: Metro officials hope to pass half-cent sales tax that would not expire (LAT) Metro seeks permanent transit tax to raise billions to fix gridlock (Daily [continue reading]
Overview of Measure M projects and programs
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]
Listen: Telephone Town Halls for eastern SFV and western and northern county
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/telephone-town-hall-9-eastern-san-fernando-valley Above and below are the two Telephone Town Halls held Thursday evening to discuss Metro’s potential ballot measure with Los Angeles County residents. The next two Telephone Town Halls are Monday evening: Monday, May 16, 6:15 p.m.: Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, Metro Board Member, will talk to residents in the City of Los [continue reading]
Listen: Telephone Town Halls for SGV, Gateway Cities and South Bay
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/telephone-town-hall-7-southeast-cities The two Telephone Town Halls to discuss Metro’s potential ballot measure with the public are above and below. And a reminder: two more Telephone Town Halls are being held Thursday night: Thursday, May 12, 6:15 p.m.: Paul Krekorian, L.A. City Council Member, will talk to residents of the San Fernando [continue reading]
Listen: Telephone Town Halls for city of L.A. and San Gabriel Valley
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/telephone-town-hall-5-city-of-los-angeles Here are recordings from the two Telephone Town Halls (TTH) that Metro held on Monday night to discuss the potential ballot measure with residents of Los Angeles County. Here’s the transcript for the city of Los Angeles TTH. I’ll add the transcript for the San Gabriel Valley TTH as [continue reading]
Listen: Telephone Town Halls for South Bay, South L.A. and North County
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/telephone-town-hall-may-4 Metro held the first pair of Telephone Town Halls on Wednesday evening to help inform the public about the potential sales tax ballot measure the agency is considering. The recording above is from the Town Hall with Metro Board Chair Mark Ridley-Thomas and Metro CEO Phil Washington talking with residents [continue reading]