Art of Transit: ARTS bus in Pasadena morphs into Pasadena Transit (Pasadena Independent) Goodbye Pasadena Area Rapid Transit System (ARTS). Hello Pasadena Transit. Pasadena officials yesterday made official the [continue reading]
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]
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 Transportation Headlines online newspaper, which you can also access via email subscription (visit the newspaper site) or RSS feed. House pulls its disastrous transportation spending bill [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. Orange Line busway is Metro’s quiet success story (L.A. Times) [continue reading]
I haven’t posted much on efforts in Congress to write and/or pass a new multi-year transportation funding bill because very little — besides a lot of bickering and stalling — has happened in the past three months. Here’s the latest update on a vote that didn’t move the ball forward, [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. Senate passes bipartisan overhaul of highway, transit programs; House action [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. Nearly 200 U.S. mayors press for passage of federal transportation bill (The Sacramento Bee) [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. The American bus revival (BBC News Magazine) Since voters, Congress and state legislatures can’t [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. As the City Grew: Historical Maps of Los Angeles (Los Angeles Public Library) Get yourself [continue reading]
The update from Metro’s government relations staff is below. The agency has been pushing for America Fast Forward legislation — to use government loans and financing to accelerate the building of transit and road projects — to be included in the bill. A new multi-year bill was supposed to be [continue reading]
