Good news for the Purple Line Extension and the Regional Connector, the pair of Metro projects slated to receive money this fiscal year from the federal New Starts program. The projects are set to receive $65 million each in the 2014 fiscal year. New Starts helps local transit agencies fund [continue reading]
In an attempt to burn some holiday-induced blubber yesterday, I made the short but scenic hike to Temescal Peak in Topanga State Park from the Palisades Highlands. As it happened, there were pretty nice views of the route the Purple Line Extension subway will take between downtown Los Angeles (left) and [continue reading]
Oct 2013 Mtg Presentation_102513.pdf Above is the presentation given at a meeting Tuesday night of the Purple Line Extension’s Section I Advisory Group. There isn’t anything dramatically new in the presentation, but it does provide a nice summary of various activities taking place as the project gets ready to start [continue reading]
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]
Purple Line Extension June meeting PPT Above is the PowerPoint from tonight’s community meeting for the Purple Line Extension project. The meeting covered the first 3.9-mile segment of the project, which will be built over the next decade and include three new stations at Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega. [continue reading]
A friendly reminder from the Purple Line Extension team: Residents, businesses and property owners near Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega are especially encouraged to attend. Please join Metro as we prepare for construction of the first section of the Purple Line Extension. Thursday, June 6, 5:30-7:30pm LACMA West – 5th [continue reading]
Here is the news release from Metro: The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will hold a community meeting to discuss preparation for construction for the first section of the Purple Line Extension on Thursday, June 6, 2013 from 5:30-7:30 p.m at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, [continue reading]
Activity continues to ramp up on the southwest corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Ogden Drive, where Metro will soon be digging an exploratory shaft for the Purple Line Extension project. The site is located directly opposite LACMA, as the above photo shows. Metro took possession of the site on April 1 and is [continue reading]
Some very welcome news via the proposed budget released today by President Barack Obama: the budget includes $130 million to help fund two of Metro’s big rail projects: the Purple Line Extension and the Regional Connector. The budget allocates $65 million to both projects. This is the first time that [continue reading]
UPDATE: The item will be considered at April’s meeting of the Metro Board of Directors. In 2010, the Metro Board of Directors approved the 30/10 plan, the idea being to build 30 years worth of Measure R projects in the next decade. Although it hasn’t yet worked out, that policy [continue reading]
