Some keen eyes around town spotted this item on the Board of Directors’ Planning Committee agenda for tomorrow: In short, Metro staff is proposing to build the first phase of the Westside Subway Extension to Wilshire and La Cienega instead of Wilshire and Fairfax. There are several reasons for the [continue reading]
And to go with our earlier post about proposed funding for the Regional Connector and Westside Subway Extension, here’s an update from Metro’s government relations staff: President Obama Unveils Fiscal Year 2013 Budget – Outlines Transportation Agenda – Including $81 Million In New Starts Funds For Los Angeles County Earlier [continue reading]
Metro Projects in President’s FY13 Budget Below is page 30 of the budget for the U.S. Department of Transportation that provides the details. The $81 million is very good news considering that both projects are still finishing up their final environmental study process, the necessary precursor to construction and signing [continue reading]
Having read a lot of the press and comment boards concerning the report by Beverly Hills’ consultants on tunneling safety for the Westside Subway Extension, I encourage those interested to actually read the report itself. Some of the discussion is technical in nature, but I think everyone should make their [continue reading]
The city of Beverly Hills has released a report by their consultants Exponent on subway tunneling under the Beverly Hills High School campus for the Westside Subway Extension. The report will be discussed at a meeting of the Beverly Hills City Council this afternoon; the Council meeting can be viewed [continue reading]
HIGH-SPEED RAIL: If you’re in school and studying to be a transportation planner and have to do a thesis or dissertation, please consider studying different ways that California could improve it’s inter-city rail network and at what cost. Here are the key excerpts from the State Auditor’s summary report on [continue reading]
A recent article in the Los Angeles Times reports that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and a representative from Metro had a “very preliminary” discussion with Chinese officials about the possibility of China making an investment in transit in Los Angeles. I considered this idea in a piece back in July 2010 in [continue reading]
As many of you know by now, the Regional Connector’s Final Environmental Impact Statement/Report was released last Friday. (News release and Exec summary here). The public review period begins today and the Metro Board of Directors will consider the report at their February meeting. Here are some of the highlights [continue reading]
The California Geological Survey has sent Metro the letter posted below about its position on earthquake fault zones in the Century City area. The letter was prompted by an L.A. Weekly story published in December headlined “Westside Subway Extension feud: Did Metro rig a Century City fault study to move [continue reading]
The Beverly Hills Courier published a story in today’s edition headlined “Metro admits Santa Monica Blvd. seismic work not adequate.” The story involves the studies that the Beverly Hills Unified School District is performing on the Beverly Hills High School campus in order to determine the location of earthquake fault [continue reading]
