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Road Pricing Infographic: How Tolling Impacts Various Road Users
Tolls may disproportionately burden the poor, but so other ways of paying for roads.
January 18, 2017
Metro Committee to Adopt Mariachi Plaza Development Guidelines Wednesday
This Wednesday, Metro's Planning and Programming Committee will vote on whether to approve the development guidelines for the lots at Mariachi Plaza that Metro would send to potential bidders as part of the Request for Proposals (RFP) process.
January 17, 2017
SCAG Studying Green Line Across Norwalk, Meeting Wednesday
SCAG, Metro, Norwalk and Santa Fe Springs are studying a future light rail connection extending the Metro Green Line three miles east to the Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Metrolink Station. A community input meeting takes place this Wednesday night.
January 9, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Crenshaw Construction Near LAX
See the Metro Crenshaw/LAX light rail line under construction from the Metro Green Line. Crenshaw opens in 2019.
January 6, 2017
Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia Elected to Metro Board; Talks Blue Line, System Policing, More
Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia was elected to the Metro Board. He replaces Lakewood Councilmember Diane DuBois representing the Gateway Cities Region.
January 6, 2017
Strategy Center Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Metro Fare Enforcement
The Labor/Community Strategy Center filed a civil rights complaint alleging that Metro has created a discriminatory system of policing that disproportionately impacts black transit riders.
January 5, 2017
Leimert Park Village Hosts Third Design Charrette Saturday
Launched in 2014, the 20/20 Vision Initiative was born out of the desire of area stakeholders to harness both the change and the opportunities expected to accompany the 2020 opening of the Crenshaw/LAX Line and the new Leimert Park station.
January 5, 2017
US DOT Announces $1.6B For Subway To Beverly Hills, Century City
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was in Los Angeles this morning to announce $1.6 billion in federal funds for Metro to complete the second phase extending the Purple Line subway to Century City.
January 4, 2017
Preview Some of the Design Options for the Slauson Segment of the Rail-to-River Bike/Pedestrian Path
In a year that has been mostly terrible from start to finish, it is nice to end on a positive note with happy drawings of how a blighted corridor might be transformed in a deserving neighborhood.
December 22, 2016
#DamienTalksSGV 24 – Editor Joe Linton’s 2017 SGV Year In Preview
This week, #DamienTalks with SBLA editor Joe Linton, who has a lot to say on what the biggest 2016 SGV story was, and what the biggest stories will be in 2017.
December 15, 2016
