SCAG — the regional planning agency for Southern California — is working on its Connect SoCal plan and has more than a dozen upcoming workshops around our region. From SCAG: Connect SoCal – The 2020-2045 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy is a long-range visioning plan that balances future mobility and [continue reading]
Tidbit from @metrolosangeles: The service planning department says they're working with LADOT and Garcetti’s office to install a "pilot bus lane" by the end of 2019. Several other corridors could [continue reading]
As many of you likely know, the Metro Board of Directors in February approved launching a feasibility study of congestion relief pricing, which is the use of tolls to manage [continue reading]
This article was co-written by Rye Baerg and Margaret de Larios Whether you are a city trying to automate a parking ticket payment system or an individual struggling to learn [continue reading]
Dept. of Holiday Gifts Some fun items in the online Metro Store that may interest you. I’m kinda digging the Rude Dude shirt — he’s the big fuzzy knucklehead who is vanquished by Superkind in the recent etiquette videos. Art of Transit/Art of Recent Sunsets View this post on Instagram [continue reading]
SCAG is holding the second of two open houses Wednesday night for an early study on possible routes to extend the Green Line from its current terminus in Norwalk to [continue reading]
Above is both video and a podcast from Zocalo Public Square’s forum at MOCA on Wednesday evening that was titled “What does Southern California need from the 710 freeway?” The forum — which was sponsored by Metro — focused on the 4.5-mile gap in the 710 freeway between Alhambra and [continue reading]
Metro took home the top prize at Southern California Association of Governments’ Seventh Annual Compass Blueprint Recognition Awards and received the President’s Award of Excellence for its Countywide Sustainability Planning Policy, which promotes regional collaboration to increase mobility, foster walkable and livable communities, and minimize greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impact. “It has been a [continue reading]
The officials — including Metro CEO — held a news conference on Thursday. Unfortunately, as we posted earlier, it doesn’t appear that a divided Congress is set to pass a multi-year bill anytime soon. Below is the press release from the Southern California Assn. of Governments (link is here): Gas [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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. SoCal group votes on foot-friendly transit plan (San Jose [continue reading]
