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Metro West Santa Ana Branch Light Rail Alignments Narrowed
Today Metro's Planning and Programming Committee approved four specific West Santa Ana Branch light rail alignments to be used for environmental studies.
April 19, 2017
Charging for Metro Park-and-Ride Is Good for Equity and Environment
Metro is converting several of its station parking lots from free to paid parking. Though some are complaining, Metro is taking an excellent, even courageous step in the right direction. Making park-and-ride free is bad for the environment and bad for fairness, with regard to Metro's low-income riders.
April 11, 2017
Pilot Marketplace Gives Vendors Space At MacArthur Park Station
Metro, L.A. City, L.A. County and nonprofit partners opened a new community market space at the MacArthur Park Red/Purple Line Station today.
March 30, 2017
Metro, Cities Already Jockeying Over Measure M Local Return Funds
Measure M local return will give nearly $140 million to municipalities to spend on transportation improvements. How the funding is divided and what approach cities take will determine if the priority is pothole repair or complete streets.
March 24, 2017
Metro Approves Continuing Work on Union Station Run-Through Tracks
The Metro board approved $13.8M to continue to design and engineer the planned $2.75B Union Station run-through-tracks project.
March 23, 2017
Watch Multicultural Communities for Mobility’s New Bike-Share Video
MCM's new video profiles East Hollywood resident Areli, who tried out Metro's Downtown Los Angeles bike-share system and shares her first impressions and describes the potential benefits of using bike-share.
March 17, 2017
Metro Seeks Contract Modifications to Avoid Service Disruptions During $66 Million Overhaul of Rosa Parks Station
The contract modifications will allow RNL Design to respond to issues that arose with the redesign of the transfer mezzanine between the Blue and the Green Lines. Namely, how to manage construction without closing the station and relying on costly bus-bridging services.
March 14, 2017
Metro to Decide Planned Regional Connector Ped Bridge by DTLA Broad Museum
Metro board committees are expected to move forward with a bridge to connect the Regional Connector station with Grand Avenue. The bridge would be immediately south of the Broad Museum.
March 13, 2017
Friday Ruminations on Profiling, Policing, and Planning
Stories highlighting the unique vulnerability of people of color - particularly men of color - in the public space remind planners and advocates that it is really hard for people to "reclaim" their streets and public spaces if trying to do so puts them in peril.
March 3, 2017
Metro Board Approves Development Guidelines for Lots at Cesar Chavez/Fickett
Last Thursday, the Metro Board approved development guidelines for a pair of large, vacant Metro-owned lots at Cesar Chavez and Fickett.
February 27, 2017
