Month: February 2008

Police Harrasing Pedestrians in Koreatown (Curbed LA)

My old friends at Mobilizing the Region have crunched the numbers on President Bush’s FY09 budget, and the news is not good for transit. Even in a year where Transporation Secretary Mary Peters is arguing that the federal government should think about getting out of the transportation funding game, Bush continues to set a new … Continued

In what’s been a big week for bike bloggers, the Los Angeles County Bike Coalition decided to join the online party and opened their own blog at http://lacbc.wordpress.com/. So far, the CBC’s posts have had to deal with group business. The first post is a promo for their Valentine’s Day fundraiser and their second announces … Continued

Daily News: LA Needs to Slow Down Las Lomas Plan

The issue of grade separating Phase II of the Expo Line at Dorsey High School is back on the table after the Expo Board voted to undertake an Environmental Assessment on five different options for the grade separation at the Farmdale Avenue intersection. The Board stopped short of reopening the EIR (a move advocates of Phase II fear would kill the project) and claimed that the EA will not impact the schedule for the project.

Photo from Metro Rider

Bus Riders Vent Anger at Service Cuts (Daily News)

More than 60 people showed up to ask Metro to cancel or modify some of their proposed service cuts in San Fernando Valley earlier this evening (Wednesday). What wasn't surprising was that so many members of the public came out on a Christian religious holiday, but that the members of the Service Sector Board (more on that tomorrow) seemed as aghast at the proposed cuts as the general public was.

As we get closer to tomorrow's monthly meeting (2 p.m. at 500 Temple Street) of the Expo Metro Line Construction Authority both sides in the debate over crossings at Dorsey High School have been actively firing up the troops. Tomorrow's expected fireworks will be over agenda item 6d which would re-examine the crossing designed for Farmdale Avenue, at Dorsey High School. Critics of the Expo Libe an at-grade crossing needlessly endangers the students. Supporters of the plan argue that the safety claim is a red herring for people that want to stop light rail expansion.