I had the good fortune of attending a forum last night with Janette Sadik-Khan, the innovative Transportation Commissioner for New York City. She was the featured speaker at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs Complete Streets Initiative, an effort to make local streets more user-friendly for pedestrians, cyclists, transit users [continue reading]
Here’s the latest from Metro’s government relations staff — and not exactly a surprise considering the narrow losses at the polls of transportation sales tax ballot measures in Los Angeles and Alameda Counties. Both received more than 66 percent ‘yes’ votes but lost by less than one-half of a percentage [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. BART turns 40: some history lessons (The Berkeley Blog) Writer [continue reading]
The Surface Transportation Bill was signed into law at 5:32 EST. In case you missed it, here is a replay in the ‘photos & video’ menu of the White House [continue reading]
Metro CEO Art Leahy has just issued this legislative alert: America Fast Forward – Embedded in Surface Transportation Bill – Heads to White House for President’s Signature America Fast Forward, the innovative national transportation finance plan championed by our Board Chairman and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and our Board [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]
Metro Board of Directors adopted the budget for fiscal year 2013. It is Item 54 on the consent calendar of Board meeting underway. Here is the news release: Metro Adopts Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Online: http://www.metro.net/about/financebudget/ Select > Budgets, Select > Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Metro’s Board of Directors today [continue reading]
Here’s the update from Metro’s government relations staff: Moments ago, the U.S. House of Representatives voted by a margin of 237 to 187 to adopt H.R. 3408, the Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security Act or PIONEERS Act. House GOP leaders will [continue reading]
Here’s the letter that California’s Democratic House members sent today: 2.10.12 Transportation Bill HR 7
Here are a pair of legislative alerts posted Monday. From Metro’s government relations staff: U.S. Senate Finance Committee Poised to Act on Surface Transportation Bill Tomorrow, the U.S. Senate’s Finance Committee, under the leadership of Max Baucus (D-MT), is slated to consider the Highway Investment, Job Creation and Economic Growth [continue reading]
