How We Roll, June 8: and in other news…
Welcome to our almost daily roundup of transpo headlines and other happenings at Metro. Please feel free to comment on anything you like or…don’t like quite as much…in this post. Art [continue reading]
Metro receives unsolicited proposal to accelerate Orange Line conversion to light rail through a public-private partnership
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has received an unsolicited proposal from Fluor Enterprises, Inc., to accelerate conversion of the Orange Line from bus rapid transit to light [continue reading]
Metro advances four unsolicited proposals that could accelerate major Measure M projects
Metro today announced that four unsolicited proposals that could accelerate two mega projects included in Metro’s Measure M transportation ballot measure have advanced from Phase I to Phase II analysis. Two of the proposals are for the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor and two are for the Sepulveda Pass [continue reading]
Actions taken today by the Metro Board of Directors
You can also download or print a pdf of the agenda from this link. I’ll update this post as the meeting continues. •The Board Approved the final environmental study for the [continue reading]
2016: two rail openings, bike share, a ballot measure and a very busy year for Metro
This was my seventh year at the agency and, by far, 2016 was the busiest. I usually like to put the end-of-the-year highlights in chronological order but I think four [continue reading]
How We Roll, Dec. 8: how dare those Ohioans and Parisians mock our traffic!
Programming note: today’s How We Roll comes to you from southwestern Ohio, i.e. the Cincinnati ‘burbs, where I’m back again dealing with some parental health issues. FWIW, after years of [continue reading]
Metro receives three more unsolicited proposals for Measure M projects
Here’s the news release from Metro: Two proposals for Sepulveda Pass, one on West Santa Ana Rail project The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) today announced that it has received three more unsolicited proposals for Measure M mega projects – two for the Sepulveda Pass project and another [continue reading]