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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Quality of life and visitor experience: public transportation and pedestrian-friendliness (Travel and Leisure) Based [continue reading]
A small but significant step came today toward construction of the Purple Line Extension’s first segment, with Metro posting a Request for Qualifications for contractors potentially interested in building the project. Here is the specific language: “The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) is requesting Statements of Qualifications from [continue reading]
What the what? Yes, that's a mock subway car in the parking lot of the Metro Customer Center at Wilshire & La Brea, celebrating the announcement Tuesday afternoon that utility relocation is beginning for the Westside Subway Extension, a key Measure R-funded project. A few highlights from the media event: [continue reading]
To put the following into English, this means the subway and connector projects are now a step closer to signing a funding agreement with the federal government, although it doesn’t necessarily speed up the very long process of getting that money. Here’s the update from Metro’s government relations staff: The [continue reading]
We’re one week shy of the fourth anniversary of the passage of Measure R by Los Angeles County voters in 2008. The half-cent sales tax approved for 30 years upended everything: a host of transit and road projects that otherwise lacked funding suddenly had some dollars behind them. Or to [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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Hurricane Sandy provokes the largest pre-emptive transit shutdown in U.S. [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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Climate of Doubt (Frontline PBS) Curious why climate change has [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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Good morning, folks. Headlines is back after a short break. I’ll probably need [continue reading]
The Westside Subway Extension project held a community update on Wednesday night. It has been a busy few months since the project’s final environmental study was approved by both the Metro Board of Directors and the Federal Transit Administration. Here’s the latest: •The current schedule has the first 3.9-mile phase [continue reading]
The public is invited to attend a community update meeting to learn about next steps for the Westside Subway Extension. The meeting will be held Wednesday, Oct. 10, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the 5th floor Terrace Room of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art West, located [continue reading]
