The L.A. Weekly on Wednesday published a story headlined “$9 Billion Subway-to-Sea Rip-off.” The story suggests that the Westside Subway Extension project is a ripoff because it won’t fix traffic congestion in the region. I’d like to offer readers some corrections and clarifications, and also provide information omitted from the [continue reading]
The agency’s 13-member Board of Directors meets on Thursday morning to discuss and vote on a variety of issues. They’re the ultimate deciders for Metro, so here’s a roundup of some of the bigger items on the table/agenda: •Bus service changes and cuts (item 24) — The cuts amount to [continue reading]
With public hearings underway on the Westside Subway Extension’s draft environmental impact statement/report (DEIS/R), there are a couple of new fact sheets recently posted to the project’s website that might be helpful. The first looks at how each of the five alternative routes performs in terms of boardings and other [continue reading]
Here’s the link to watch the webcast at 6 p.m. of tonight’s public hearing for the Westside Subway Extension at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The hearing, of course, focuses on the draft environmental impact statement/report (DEIS/R) that was released earlier this month. Details on all five hearings [continue reading]
Now that the draft environmental impact statement/report has been released for the Westside Subway Extension, Metro staff are holding public hearings to discuss and explain the giant document. Just as important, the hearings are also a chance for the public to comment on the project. The first hearing is Monday [continue reading]
This one appears to have been a blowout, with the yes votes holding a huge lead over the no votes almost as soon as the voting began. (Here’s the link to the original post). Can’t say I’m really shocked. For one, The Source is on a website run by a [continue reading]
We had a lot of posts on The Source today, so I wanted to re-post the poll in case anyone missed it. Here’s a link to our earlier post providing more info on the subway vs. traffic issue. Thanks to everyone for reading and the thoughtful comments. Have a great [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 blog. Metro’s first app isn’t great, but there are other offerings (blogdowntown) Echoing generally poor reviews on iTunes, blogdowntown finds that Metro’s new [continue reading]
I wanted to circle back to last week’s story in the L.A. Times about the release of the draft environmental impact statement/report for the Westside Subway Extension. In short, the story reported — correctly — that according to the study, the subway would barely reduce traffic in Los Angeles County [continue reading]
The nonprofit group Calpirg held a small rally this morning at the Wilshire/Western subway and bus stop to support Metro’s 30/10 Initiative. Members of the group also produced a list of 320 local businesses that support 30/10. Attentive Source readers can say it in their sleep: the 30/10 plan seeks [continue reading]
