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Metro Committee Approves Plan For NoHo-Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit
Metro Planning Committee approved final plans for the North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit project - with the Beautiful Boulevard's "one lane" configuration through Eagle Rock
April 22, 2022
Preview of Metro’s Nearly Completed Regional Connector Subway
New downtown L.A. subway due to open in late 2022
April 18, 2022
Villanueva Threatens to Pull LASD Out of Metro’s Multi-Agency Policing Contract this July in Grievance-Laced Press Conference
In which the sheriff neglected to explain why Metro had moved to a multi-agency contract in the first place
April 14, 2022
Looking to Reset Process, Metro to Approve ‘No Build’ Alternative for Lower 710 Freeway Widening
It is pretty unusual for an agency like Metro to spend more than $160 million on freeway widening plans and early projects, then select the "no build" alternative
April 12, 2022
Metro Pushing to Get Construction Underway this Year on Major Phase of 57/60 Freeway Interchange Expansion
Metro and Caltrans are spending a half-billion dollars to widen the congested 57/60 Freeways interchange
April 8, 2022
Councilmember Kevin de León Announces Support for Eagle Rock Bus Transit Plan
Kevin de León endorsed Metro's "single lane" Bus Rapid Transit alternative "F1" which is largely based on the community-led design proposal called the Beautiful Boulevard
March 31, 2022
Metro Looking Into Two Bikeway Connections to Union Station
Cyclists could travel first/last mile to/from Union Station via the planned L.A. River path and via an extended esplanade along Alameda Street
March 23, 2022
Eyes on the Street: New Taylor Yard Walk/Bike Bridge
Photos of the new Taylor Yard bike/walk bridge - connecting the L.A. City neighborhoods of Elysian Valley and Cypress Park
March 21, 2022
Most of Metro’s New Crenshaw/LAX Light Rail Line is Substantially Complete – Opening Could be December 2022. Update: CEO “Fall 2022”
If all goes well - which hasn't been the case for Crenshaw/LAX so far - the new rail line could open to the public as early as this December, though early 2023 is likely
March 18, 2022
Proposed Metro FY22-23 Budget: Increase Freeway Widening, Decrease Transit Construction
While the Metro FY22-23 budget figures are still in flux, the latest proposal shows a 30 percent increase in freeway expansion and a 9 percent decrease in transit expansion
March 17, 2022
