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Tuesday Newsbits Round-Up: Metro Ridership, 710 Freeway, Metro Buses and More

By Joe Linton | Sep 14, 2021 | No Comments

Another 710 Freeway task force, Metro CNG bus fire, 210 Freeway crash barrier, Metro ridership recovering from COVID lows, and local return money for driving

Crenshaw/LAX rail line testing - photo via Metro's The Source

Metro Rail Shorts: Crenshaw and Connector Delays, Sepulveda Video, and More

By Joe Linton | May 11, 2021 | No Comments

Crenshaw now anticipated to open on November 1, 2022, shortly after the Regional Connector on August 29, 2022

Whittier City Councilmember and now Metro boardmember Fernando Dutra - via City of Whittier YouTube

Whittier Councilmember Fernando Dutra Appointed to Metro Board

By Joe Linton | Mar 8, 2021 | No Comments

After one false start, today Dutra's Metro board appointment was approved by the county's City Selection Committee; his term is through January 1, 2025

Whittier City Councilmember Fernando Dutra - via Dutra website

Interview with Whittier City Councilmember Fernando Dutra

By Joe Linton | Feb 16, 2021 | No Comments

Dutra is vying to be the Gateway Cities (officially the Southeast Long Beach Sector) representative on the Metro Board of Directors. Read his take on Whittier, bicycling, Metro, light rail, freeway expansion, and more.

Bell Mayor Ali Saleh - via @teamsaleh Instagram

Interview with Ali Saleh, Mayor of the City of Bell

By Joe Linton | Dec 23, 2020 | No Comments

"We also need to elevate issues of equity around the users of public transportation and ensure that when we are planning for a system that gets us out of our cars, low income communities of color are front and center because they're the ones already using the system."

The San Gabriel Valley Transit Feasibility is expected to offer a number of mass transit proposals between downtown Los Angeles, South El Monte and further East. Image: San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments

SGV Transit Feasibility Study to Create Short, Long Term Roadmap for Mass Transit in Region

By Kristopher Fortin | Dec 8, 2020 | No Comments

San Gabriel Valley Transit Feasibility Study will plan how the SGV will spend more than $635.5 million formerly approved for the now-canceled 60 Freeway Eastside Gold Line.

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