L.A. Metro Receives $47 Million U.S. DOT Grant to Bring Traffic Relief to Interstate 5 in Santa Clarita Valley The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has received a $47 million Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to address Interstate 5’s chronic congestion [continue reading]
(pdf here) Metro today released a new report titled “How to Pass a Mega Transportation Measure” to provide lessons learned to transportation agencies and other stakeholders considering pursuit of a ballot measure to increase local transportation funding. In Nov. 2016, Metro’s Measure M was approved by 71.15 percent of Los [continue reading]
We posted a couple weeks ago about the California Transportation Commission’s staff recommendations for state grant funding to Metro. It’s now official, with the CTC having voted to approve the [continue reading]
UPDATE: Two Metro Board Committees — Planning and Construction — have sent this item without recommendation to the full Board for their consideration at their May 24 meeting. At the [continue reading]
pdf here Spring is in the air, meaning it is also Metro’s annual budget season ???. The budget for fiscal year 2018-19 has been released and is posted above. The budget covers the fiscal year that runs from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. The Metro Board of Directors will consider [continue reading]
We’ve been writing recently about the $2.4 billion that Metro is applying for from various state programs. Next up: The Trade Corridor Enhancement Program (TCEP), which awards $300 million annually for [continue reading]
We’ve been writing recently about the $2.4 billion that Metro is applying for from various state programs. Next up: the Senate Bill 1 Solutions for Congested Corridors Program (SCCP). L.A. County [continue reading]
pdf here This is wonky but significant: Metro announced today that it will receive $482 million from the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) to help pay for a road safety project, a key transit project in the San Fernando Valley and a program to replace aging buses, as well as [continue reading]
An economic impact report for SB 1 has been released by the California Alliance for Jobs, the California Transit Assn. and Transportation California. The report is above (or pdf here). As we posted last week, the state of California is considering the first allocations from SB 1. Metro is not [continue reading]
The state of California is considering the first allocations from SB 1. Metro is not being shy with its requests and is asking for $2.4 billion for a variety of [continue reading]
