Well, here we are on the cusp of another compressed period of hyper activity with multiple transportation meetings being held in the next 10 days or so. Here are the details:
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 is the groundbreaking for the reconstruction of the El Monte Transit Center. 8:30am-9:00am is the Pre-Event Public Preview while the actual Ceremonial Groundbreaking will take place 9:00am-10:00am. The address is 3449 Santa Anita Av in El Monte. They ask that you rsvp by Friday, September 17 to 213.922.5449 or metroevents@metro.net. Don't underestimate the value of a chance to interact with the elite of the San Gabriel Valley (electeds and staff persons) in building relationships and alliances that can pay dividends down the road.
Presentations will take place at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. You can drop by to view the displays and talk with staff anytime between 4:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.
If you are especially interested in the high speed rail project I suggest keeping an eye on the calendar the agency has on is website, listing the presentations and other bullet train related events happening around the state.
An example of the sort of events it lists is next month's I-10 Community Meeting being held Wednesday, October 6 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Grace T. Black Auditorium in El Monte (3130 N. Tyler Avenue). The Authority will present plans for a potential alternative route along the I-10 Freeway corridor under consideration as part of the Inland Empire section of the Los Angeles to San Diego route of the proposed statewide 800-mile high-speed train corridor.
Yeow! Good luck to all of us trying to keep up with this whirl of activity!
New concepts for rapid bus service across the 626 have ironed out the questions of where an East-West route would run and where demonstrations could begin.
Metro and Caltrans eastbound 91 Freeway widening is especially alarming as it will increase tailpipe pollution in an already diesel-pollution-burdened community that is 69 percent Latino, and 28 percent Black