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#DamienTalks: Nisei Week and #GoLittleTokyo
DamienTalks with Midori Mizuhara with Community Arts Resources and Cory Hayashi with the Nisei Week Foundation about this year's Nisei Week festival, which begins at the end of next week.
August 9, 2017
L.A. Union Station Needs A Concourse That Puts Passengers First
That flashy above grade concourse is not such a great idea.
August 4, 2017
Metro Bike Share Launches In San Pedro And Wilmington
Bike-share is open at the Port of L.A., with 120 bikes at 13 stations in San Pedro and Wilmington. The system should be useful for Port tourists, though may face challenges.
July 31, 2017
Metro Votes To Buy Pilot Electric Buses, Approves 2030 Full Electric Plan
The Metro board approved contracts for pilot electric bus service on the Silver and Orange Lines. The board also endorsed a policy to electrify the entire bus fleet by 2030.
July 27, 2017
Parking Round-Up: Parkway Enforcement, Smart Boot, Expo
LADOT introduces a smart boot. LA City will start ticketing cars parked on parkways. Metro will rent Expo parking spaces to non-riders.
July 26, 2017
Vision Zero Traffic Calming Is Not Main Cause of Metro Bus Speed Issues
Is Vision Zero in conflict with bus speeds? Metro boardmember Mike Bonin makes a compelling case that bus riders and safety advocates have more common ground than conflict.
July 21, 2017
New Concept Considered For Union Station Re-Vamp: Above-Grade Concourse
The estimated $2.75 billion LinkUS project is planned to convert Union Station from a stub-end station to a run-through station. Run-through tracks would decrease delays, increase capacity, and get Union Station ready for future West Santa Ana Branch light rail and California high-speed rail. LinkUS would significantly expand today's current underground concourse hallway that riders use to access the Gold Line, Metrolink, and Amtrak.
July 19, 2017
Metro Bike Share Expands to Pasadena
This morning Pasadena's new bike-share system opened. The system includes 375 bikes at 34 docking stations.
July 14, 2017
Metro Offers Update on Rail-to-River Bike/Ped Path Design; Project to Break Ground Mid-2018
Metro expects to see the preliminary (30 percent) design completed shortly and to hire a design/build construction contractor to finish the plans and break ground by mid-2018. The project would be completed in late 2019, around the time that the Crenshaw/LAX Line would be opening.
July 7, 2017
Metro Approves Multi-Modal Metric for Measure M Guidelines
Metro approved guidelines for Measure M spending. One key modification made to the guidelines was to used a metric that favors multi-modal transportation over one that is biased in favor of cars.
June 23, 2017
