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Six Updates From Today’s April Metro Board Meeting
Today's monthly Metro board of directors meeting was one of the less eventful ones; it was sort of a lull in the news swirling around Metro's planned November sales tax ballot measure. Nonetheless, there were a number of items that SBLA readers might find interesting.
April 28, 2016
Coalition Urges Good Local Jobs in Metro Heavy Railcar Contract
At a press event in front of Metro headquarters this morning, the Jobs to Move America (JMA) coalition called for companies to create good jobs as they manufacture Metro railcars. Today is the deadline to file income taxes, so the coalition emphasized the need for companies to be responsive to U.S. taxpayers who are footing the bill for these transportation manufacturing contracts.
April 18, 2016
Eyes On The Street: Metro Bike-Share Really Coming To DTLA This Summer
It is not real until the marketing materials say it is real, right? Via friend of the blog Allison Mannos, enjoy an image from a marketing photo shoot for Metro's exciting new bike-share system debuting in downtown Los Angeles this Summer. No start date has been announced yet.
April 12, 2016
Metro Measure R2 Expenditure Plan Meetings Start Tonight
Tonight in Agoura Hills, Metro kicks off a series of community meetings to receive input on the agency's draft expenditure plan for a likely November 2016 half-cent sales tax ballot measure. There are nine face-to-face meetings throughout April, and a final on-line forum April 30.
April 5, 2016
New Map Shows Walk Time Between L.A. Metro Stations
Here is a interesting way of looking at L.A. County's rail and Bus Rapid Transit systems. Martin Leitner at Torti Gallas and Partners architecture firm did a "map hack" showing how long it takes to walk from each Metro station to the next. From Leitner:
April 4, 2016
A Quick Look at Metro’s Newly Released Measure R2 Expenditure Plan
At a press briefing this morning, Metro's CEO Phil Washington released the agency's draft expenditure plan for a potential $120 billion November 2016 ballot measure, often referred to as Measure R2.
March 18, 2016
Metro Committee Approves All-Paid Parking For 3 New Expo Stations
Yesterday, Metro's Planning and Programming Committee approved the initial phase of the agency's new Parking Management Pilot Program. The program is anticipated to begin with three new Expo station parking lots in May: Sepulveda, Bundy, and 17th Street.
March 17, 2016
This Week’s Metro Committees: All-Door Boarding, Bike-Share, Parking, More
This week's big Metro announcement, expected Friday, will be the fall ballot measure expenditure plan. Some early Measure R2.1 outlines are already foreshadowed here and at the Los Angeles Times.
March 16, 2016
Residents Debate Priorities for Mariachi Plaza at Second Design Workshop
"If it wasn't for Garage [Board Shop and Sk8 for Education program]," 9-year-old skater "Bite Size" told me, "I'd probably be hanging out with the wrong type."
March 15, 2016
Open Thread: What Do We Think of the First Peek at Measure R2
Earlier this afternoon, Los Angeles Times transportation reporter Laura Nelson reported on many of the details of the sales tax ballot measure that will be presented to Metro Board committees next week. With the approval of the Metro Board of Directors, the measure would go on this fall's ballot where it would need the support of two-thirds of L.A. County voters to take effect.
March 11, 2016