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Op/Ed: Will Metro’s Turnstile Fetishism Damage the Expo Bikeway?
By Erik Griswold |
Anyone who reads my tweets as well as my posts and comments on this blog and elsewhere knows I am hardly a fan of the Los Angeles Metro’s Board of Directors decision to install turnstiles at its unmanned rail stations. Needless to say, I pay attention to any developments on the issue, and while Damien […]
Up Next for Expo: Should Westwood Station Have Car Parking
By Damien Newton |
Now that the Expo Construction Authority has the legal green light to begin construction of Phase II of the Expo Line, it can move on to other issues. Responding to a motion at the February 5, 2010 meeting of the Expo Construction Authority by Zev Yaroslavsky, Expo staff have put together a presentation listing the […]
Photo Essay: Expo Phase 2 Construction 90+Percent Done, Open Early 2016
By Joe Linton |
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, L.A. City Councilmember Mike Bonin, and others hosted a press event this morning to showcase progress on the Metro Expo Line Phase 2. The event took place at the under-construction Palms Station, and featured a test train pulling into the station under its own electrical catenary […]
Orange Line BRT Speed Improvements Caught In Inter-Agency Delays
By Joe Linton |
I was hoping to write a couple of happy stories this week about the Metro Orange Line. The San Fernando Valley’s highly-regarded workhorse Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) opened in 2005. Lately, a new pedestrian tunnel and faster bus speeds seemed imminent. These facilities would save time for the Orange Line’s 30,000 daily riders. Earlier this week, I […]
Expo Station Coming to Farmdale and Exposition?
By Damien Newton |
Thanks for the overview, Curbed The strange saga of the Expo Light Rail Line continued yesterday when Judge Maribeth Bushey of the California Public Utilities Commission issued a proposed amendment to the environmental documents for the Expo Line Phase I that would allow the construction of a rail station at the intersection of Exposition Boulevard […]
Open Thread: What Do We Think of the First Peek at Measure R2
By Damien Newton |
Earlier this afternoon, Los Angeles Times transportation reporter Laura Nelson reported on many of the details of the sales tax ballot measure that will be presented to Metro Board committees next week. With the approval of the Metro Board of Directors, the measure would go on this fall’s ballot where it would need the support […]