Update on Green Line South Bay extension to Torrance
Planning work continues on a key Metro Rail project to extend the Green Line from its current terminus at Redondo Beach Station to a new transit center in Torrance. I [continue reading]
How We Roll, Jan. 25: new motion calls for studying rail to new Rams stadium
Art of Transit: Transit-Oriented Sports: Vinny the Vet pic.twitter.com/bKr8WfKilr — LA Kings (@LAKings) January 25, 2016 Nice win in San Jose. Kings play the Avalance at Staples on Wednesday — a convenient short walk from the Blue and Expo Lines’ Pico Station. Could Metro Rail reach the new [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Oct. 8: L.A. ranks 3rd on jobs near transit, study says
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! University of Minnesota ranks accessibility to jobs by transit in the U.S. (news release) The study finds that Los Angeles ranks third behind New York [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Monday, April 7
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! Move LA’s Measure R 2 proposal, including their rail fantasy map (Streetsblog L.A.) A look at the activist group’s “strawman proposal” for a half-cent sales tax [continue reading]
Both parts of America Fast Forward initiative are in President Obama's proposal for four-year transportation bill!
Earlier today in Minnesota, President Obama announced his proposal for a four-year transportation spending bill that would include both parts of Metro’s America Fast Forward initiative. If Congress was to vote the bill into law — and that’s a big ‘if’ — that could be a boon to Metro and [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Wednesday, January 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. Pick your social media poison! This is a long one today, folks — lots of news since last week to catch up on. And away we go… Metro breaks ground [continue reading]
Here is the Metro staff report on new project acceleration plan to be considered by agency's Board of Directors this month
Metro project acceleration plan The Metro Board of Directors this month will consider a project acceleration plan that, on average, would lop an average of 10 years off the time it takes to build second and third decade Measure R transit and road projects. It’s a big deal for many [continue reading]
Metro Board to consider ongoing planning of second and third decade Measure R transit projects
One of the key questions facing the Metro Board of Directors at its meeting Thursday: should Metro continue to plan projects that are scheduled to be built in the second and third decades of Measure R? These include transit projects such as an extension of the Gold Line from East [continue reading]
Four years later: the status of Measure R transit projects
We’re one week shy of the fourth anniversary of the passage of Measure R by Los Angeles County voters in 2008. The half-cent sales tax approved for 30 years upended everything: a host of transit and road projects that otherwise lacked funding suddenly had some dollars behind them. Or to [continue reading]
A Measure R extension Q & A
Measure R was approved by nearly 68 percent of Los Angeles County voters in 2008 as a half-cent sales tax that would be in effect for 30 years — with an expiration date of mid-2039. As many Source readers know, Metro staff are proposing to ask county voters to extend [continue reading]