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November 2009
Tue 3: With AnsaldoBreda's Exclusive Contract Expired, What Is Next? 7
October 2009
Sat 31: Breaking News: Contract Talks Between Metro, AnsaldoBreda Break Off. Rail Car Contract Goes to Bid (Updated: 11/1 9:11 A.M.) 14
Fri 30: Villaraigosa Announces Coalition to Speed Up Measure R Transit Construction 20
Tue 27: Gold Line Eastside Extension Set to Open 11/15. But Is Metro Ready to Party? 15
Fri 23: What Was the Point of Yesterday's Half Hour Filibuster from Gloria Molina? 71
Thu 22: Metro Board Passes Long Range Transportation Plan 21
Thu 22: Plenty of Ways to Follow the LRTP Debate, Including Streetsblog Twitter Feed 3
Wed 21: Metro Board Preview: Long Range Transportation Plan, Federal Funding, Measure R and One More Time with AnsaldoBreda 10
Fri 16: Last Month's Headlines 7
Wed 14: In Kafka’s Castle: TDM in Action 6
Thu 8: Testing Ongoing for Gold Line Eastside Extension. Opening Set for November? 7
September 2009
Tue 15: Why Are Metro Station's "No-Man's Lands?" 16
Thu 3: Wilshire Bus-Only Lane Needs Full Environmental Review After All 19
August 2009
Fri 28: Bus Rider's Union: Metro Bus Service Barely Passes (Updated, 5:29 P.M.) 20
Thu 27: What Should Be Done with the Crenshaw Corridor 62
Wed 19: As Metro Tries to Grow Rail Service, Controversies Grow with Them 30
Tue 18: Another Turnstile Post 9
Fri 7: Metro Shuffles the Deck on Security 9
Wed 5: L.A. County Sheriff's Checking Bags at Union Station 15
Mon 3: Eyes on the "Street": Spokker Grabs Shots of the Fare Gates 26
July 2009
Fri 31: Eyes on the Street: Meters in Union Station? What the... 35
Wed 29: Transit Coalition Backs Cyclists Right to Rail Cars 35
Thu 23: Board Wrap: LRTP and AnsaldoBreda Votes and Fare Gate Installation Delayed 47
Tue 21: Metro Board Preview: LRTP, AnsaldoBreda, Silver Line and Tolls 5
Tue 21: Eyes on the "Street:" Bike Space on Trains 5
Mon 20: Off the Agenda: Metro Board Not Talking Bikes or Rail Acceleration This Week 6
Thu 16: Streetsblog Interview: Introducing Art Leahy 14
Wed 15: Metro Clarifies Position on Access to Express Lanes 2
Mon 13: Fare Gates for Metro Trains Are Coming, But Slowly 33
Thu 9: Metro Opening It's Own Blog, Looking for Blogger 13
Tue 7: USDOT Secretary LaHood: Gold Line Eastside a Model Project 1
Mon 6: Just in Time for Tomorrow's Memorial, Google Transit Arrives in L.A. 18
Mon 6: Metro Considers Ending Rush Hour Ban for Bikes on Trains 7
Wed 1: Glendale City Councilman Najarian Takes Over as Metro Board Chair 24
Wed 1: Metro's New LRTP Boosts Bike/Ped Funding from 2008 Draft Levels 0
June 2009
Thu 25: Breaking News: Metro Board Punts on AnsaldoBreda (Again, Part II) 9
Tue 23: Old Business Highlights Transportation Committee and Metro Board 3
Thu 11: Metro Board to Adopt LRTP Later Today? (Updated) 4
Wed 10: Metro Board Plans Hearing Tomorrow on 2009 Long Range Plan 4
Tue 9: Metro Moves Forward with Confused "Congestion Pricing" 11
Tue 2: Cyclists and Pedestrians Looking for a Champion 3
May 2009
Thu 28: Metro Sort of Passes Budget, Punts on Ansaldo Breda, Insults Public 21
Wed 27: Metro Debates FY10 Budget, Including Measure R 18
Wed 20: Metro in 2010: More Rail, BRT and Highways. Less Bus Service 21
Fri 15: Taking a Look at Bike to Work Week 6
Thu 14: Welcome to the Blogroll: I Will Ride 37
Fri 8: Bike Friendly Fridays: Bike to Work Week 3
Wed 6: Court Upholds Expiration of MTA/BRU Consent Decree 5
Mon 4: Leahy Outlines His Vision for Metro at Calpirg Conference 9
April 2009
Wed 8: More Transit Expansion?: Metro Holding Meetings in South Bay 9
Mon 6: More Metro Meetings Coming Up: Gold Line Eastside Extension Phase II 10
Mon 6: Review of the City's First Transit Race, from a Last-Place Finnisher 4
March 2009
Tue 31: Metro Brings Back Online Chats: Chat This Friday with Carolyn Flowers 1
Tue 31: Students, Professors Acitivsts Call for Grade-Separated Connector 6
Thu 26: Metro Board Wrap: New Members, Delayed Rail Car Decision and 2001 LRTP 25
Wed 25: Tomorrow's Metro Board: Finally a Discussion of the LRTP 3
Mon 23: Streetfilms Praises Orange Line BRT and Bike Path 17
Thu 19: BRU: How About a Stimulus for Bus Riders? 38
Thu 19: Palmdale Pol Wants to Take One of L.A.'s Metro Board Slots 5
Wed 18: Caught on Camera: Metro Bus Harasses Will Campbell 6
Tue 17: Better Bike Parking Coming to Metro Stations 1
Tue 17: L.A.'s "Congestion Pricing" Gaining National Attention 5
Mon 16: Metro Moving Ahead with Bus Expansion 10
Thu 12: Metro's "Street Life" in Koreatown 6
Tue 3: LA Now: OCTA's Art Leahy to Be Next Metro CEO 21
February 2009
Thu 26: Metro (Sort Of) Decides on Its Stimulus List 6
Thu 19: Final CA Budget Cuts Gas Tax Increase, Still Nothing for Transit 11
Fri 13: Cal Transit Association on State Budget: Armageddon Is Here 12
Fri 6: Limited Lead Led to Low Ridership for Late Night Red Line and DASH 2
Mon 2: Daily News Spotlights Orange Line Bike Trail, Slow Pace for Bike Improvements 5
January 2009
Tue 27: Metro Proposes More Changes to Bus Routes and Schedules 11
Tue 20: Everything You Wanted to Know about the TAP Cards 8
Wed 14: It May Be Slow, But Transit Projects Still Moving Forward 8
Mon 5: Metro Considers 4 Alternatives for Gold Line Extension 13
December 2008
Wed 17: Metro CEO Roger Snoble Announces Retirement 14
Fri 5: Times Calls for Metro Service Cuts 14
Thu 4: Uncertainty About Federal and State Funds Tempers Measure R Enthusiasm 9
Wed 3: Will Gold Line Get Extended to Ontario Airport 21
Tue 2: Metro Board Getting Ready to Spend Measure R Money 1
November 2008
Fri 21: How You Can Tell Transit Has Arrived: Red Line Bar Hops Planned 4
Fri 14: Metro Considering Temporary Renewal of Sheriff's Contract 15
Mon 10: Bus Bench Blogger Arrested for Taking Pictures at Pershing Square 9
Fri 7: Metro Schedules Community Meetings on Wilshire BRT 0
October 2008
Thu 16: Public Wants Below Ground Light Rail for Downtown Connector 11
Tue 7: Council Wants TOD Plans for Future Green Line Extension 2
Tue 7: Activists Slam NBC Universal Project in Times Op/Ed 2
September 2008
Mon 29: Will Metro's Measure R "Informational" Campaign Backfire? 25
Thu 25: Metro Board Approves Late Night Trains on Weekends 3
Wed 24: Late Night Train Service on Metro's Agenda After All 2
Fri 19: Could State Budget Cuts Derail Late Night Train Service? 3
Fri 5: Metro Leaders Talk Freight, Funding at Boxer Hearing on Federal Policy 3
Thu 4: Feuer's Office Confident that Governor Will Sign A.B. 2321 2
Wed 3: Metro Opens Website to Explain Measure R 4
August 2008
Sun 31: Weekend Update: Assembly Joins Senate, Passes Ammended A.B. 2321 3
Thu 28: Metro to Cyclists: How Can We Make the Bus-Bike Relationship Better? 14
Tue 26: Judge Rules Against BRU and NRDC. Fare Hikes Don't Require EIS. 2
Thu 14: Metro Pushing HOT Lanes at Public Meetings 4
Thu 7: Senate Still Holding Sales Tax Bill. Board of Supervisors Will Vote on it Again. 4
Tue 5: LA County Board of Supervisors Passes Their Confusion on to Voters 12
Mon 4: 10 Hours Later, Senate Committee Tables Sales Tax Proposal 5
Fri 1: Bike Unfriendly Place of the Week: Downtown Government Buildings? 3
July 2008
Thu 31: BRU 'Blowsback' at Metro's Sales Tax Proposal 27
Wed 30: LACBC: Write the Mayor for More Bike-Ped. Funds 0
Thu 24: Metro Board Passes Sales Tax Proposal 37
Wed 23: Counting Down to Tomorrow's Metro Board Meeting 1
Wed 23: Get Your Signatures in for Bike-Ped Letter to Metro Board 19
Mon 21: Metro Takes the Lead on Fixing Walk of Fame 3
Fri 18: City Council Endorses Sales Tax Plan 3
Thu 17: Board Chair Villaraigosa Responds to Bike/Ped. Funding Requests 5
Wed 16: New Draft Spending Plan Increases Highway Dollars 1
Tue 8: San Gabriel Valley Pols Seek Compromise on I-210 Congestion Plan 4
Tue 1: Metro’s $40 Billion Plan 29
June 2008
Mon 30: Will Rush Hour Trains Be the Next Bike Battleground? 9
Fri 27: Meet the New Metro Board Chair...Same as the Old Metro Board Chair 8
Thu 26: Metro Postpones Decision on LRTP to November. Advances Sales Tax. 9
Tue 24: Metro: Sales Tax Proposal Has Overwhelming Support 11
Mon 23: Metro Uses TV's to Provide Next-Train Information 2
Thu 19: Metro Imagines More Buses Running on Time 7
Wed 18: O'Connor: We Need to Count People Movement Not Car Movement 13
Fri 13: Metro Makes the Case for Half-Cent Sales Tax Increase 26
Thu 12: Metro Picks Locally Preferred Alternative for Orange Line Extension 3
Thu 12: Metro Considering “Transit Oriented Development” for Sepulveda Orange Line Station 1
Tue 10: Katz Blasts Back at Congestion Pricing Foes in S.G. Valley 2
Tue 10: Westsiders Vent at Last Night's Expo Meeting 10
Mon 9: Another Cyclist Has an Incident with a Metro Bus 12
Mon 2: Community Comes Out for a Better Van Nuys 1
May 2008
Thu 29: Hail-A-Cab Coming to Downtown and Hollywood? 2
Wed 28: Feuer’s Greenhouse Gas Tax Bill Passes Assembly 3
Wed 21: Tomorrow’s Big Metro Board Agenda Item: Expanding Congestion Pricing 1
Tue 20: Get Involved with Half Cent Sales Tax Project List 7
Mon 19: Bus v Bike Incident Highlights Lawlessness of Metro Buses 11
Fri 16: Bike to Work Day Photo Diary 2
Mon 12: Bike Week Kicks off at Universal Studios 2
Mon 12: Suburban Congressmen Introduce Anti-HOT Lanes Legislation 2
Fri 9: Next Week is Bike Week in LA County 1
Thu 8: Metro's Plans for 2009: No Fare Hike, Completed Gold Line 1
Wed 7: Daily News Repeats Others' Arguments Against HOT Lanes 1
Mon 5: Sneak Peak at Subway to the Sea Alternatives (Updated) 20
April 2008
Wed 30: Australian Sustainable Cities Expert Speaks at Metro 0
Thu 24: Metro Rejects Service Cuts, Approves Congestion Pricing and Much, Much More 6
Thu 24: Metro Board Rejects Service Cuts! 0
Thu 24: Today, Metro Talks Cuts. Tomorrow, Metrolink Talks Hikes 3
Thu 24: Feds Helping Metro Move to HOT Lanes. 3
Thu 17: Legislators Pushing for Green Line Extension to LAX 2
Thu 17: LACBC: If You Want More Bike Facilities, Tell Metro 4
Wed 16: Not Much Space for Bike or Ped. Projects in LA-OC Study 0
Wed 16: Metro's Citizen Advisory Council Opens Blog 0
Mon 14: Feuer’s Sales Tax and Climate Change Bills Pass Committee 2
Mon 14: LA Eastside on Buses as Part of the Community 0
Fri 11: Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez Calls for Snoble to Resign 4
Thu 10: Metro Wants Developers to Pay Congestion Mitigation Fee 2
Thu 10: LA's First Street Film: Looking at BRT 19
March 2008
Fri 28: March Madness: Bruins, O’Connor Both Win During TV Showdown 1
Thu 27: Villaraigosa Frets That Service Cuts Will Cause More Crime 5
Thu 27: WeHo to Metro: We Want Subways 14
Wed 26: Time to Start Imagining... 2
Tue 25: Metro Takes to the Airwaves to Tout LRTP 0
Mon 24: Sneak Peak at Potential Gold Line Phase II Extensions 5
Thu 20: LADOT Questions Metro's Bus Cuts 5
Tue 18: Update on Non-Auto Options to Dodger Stadium 8
Tue 18: Blogs Are Buzzing on Metro's Long Range Plan 3
Mon 17: Metro Buses Harass Two Bike Advocates 8
Thu 13: Westside Rejects Some Service Cuts 1
Wed 12: A First Look at Metro’s Long Term Transportation Plan 15
Tue 11: Is Solair Really Transit Oriented Development? 14
Fri 7: Gov. Gives Money for Wilshire Bus Only Lanes 5
Thu 6: Red Line Will Be First to Have Automated Train Arrival Info 7
Wed 5: State Avoids Blame As Metro Prepares Service Cuts 1
February 2008
Thu 28: Turnstiles Needed to Protect Us From Terrorists 14
Thu 28: Alarcón to Metro: I Don't Trust You Guys 2
Mon 25: Coming Soon:Take the Bus to the Game? 0
Mon 25: Coming Soon: Buses to Chavez Ravine? 8
Fri 22: Metro Busy with Expanion Plans 0
Thu 14: Less People, Same Passion at Westside/Central Sector 2
Mon 11: The Bus Bench Ends "Dead Escalator Series" 0
Thu 7: Expo's Bumpy Ride Continues 0
Thu 7: Sector Board Also Against Service Cuts 2
Thu 7: San Fernando Valley Service Cuts Hearing Report 1
Wed 6: Expo Board Talking Dorsey High Tomorrow 2
Tue 5: Input Wanted? 3
Fri 1: Another Packed House at Metro Westside Transit Meeting 1
January 2008
Thu 31: Transit Coalition Blasts Service Cuts 1
Mon 28: Go Metro at You Tube 0
Mon 28: Coming Tomorrow: City Council "All Day" Transportation Meeting 0
Thu 24: This Post Brought to You By the Number 33 1
Thu 24: Turnstile Plan Delayed 5
Thu 24: Metro Board Changes Course on Senior Fares 0
Wed 23: Metro Chief Talks HOT Lanes and Alternative Transportation 0
Thu 17: Metro Considers Raising "Senior Discount" Age to 65 1
Mon 14: The Bus Bench's Dead Escalator Survey 0
Fri 11: Villaraigosa Vows Return of "Ride Metro with the Mayor" 1
Thu 10: My First Time Hitch Hiking 3
December 2007
Thu 20: LADOT's Press Release on Downtown Fare Changes Probably Too Late to Control Blame 0
Thu 13: The Case of the Disappearing Question 1
Wed 12: Does Metro Board Chair Take Metro? Apparently, Yes...(updated) 6
November 2007
Fri 30: Metro's Beat the Clock 2
Fri 30: Latino Urban Forum Backs Goldline Extension Connecting Parks 1
Thu 29: Going to a Really Long Metro Board Meeting So You Don't Have To 6
Wed 28: A pleasant trip on the Red Line 0
Wed 28: Thomas Rubin Tells Transit Coalition: LA Needs More Buses...Not Trains 7
Fri 23: Higlights from Pam O'Conner's most recent Q and A and Some Questions from Us 1
Wed 14: Update on Two Transit Fare Increases... 0
Wed 7: Metro's Stealth "Short Term" Fare Hike 0
Tue 6: Metro Packs the House at Downtown Connector Meeting 0
Tue 6: Mail Call: Lets Talk Expo 0
Tue 6: Letter 1: Light Rail for Cheviot's Response 0
Tue 6: Letter 2: From Westwood Gardens Civic Association 0
Fri 2: Expo Update 0
October 2007
Tue 30: So.CA.TA. Calls for Lobbying for 'Subway to the Sea' 0
Fri 19: A question on buses and trains... 2
Wed 17: Live and Learn... 2