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Open House Showcases Expo Bike Path Gap Closure Options
An overflow crowd of more than one hundred people showed up to last night's Expo Bike Path meeting at the Palms-Rancho Park Branch Library. A representative from Councilmember Paul Koretz welcomed the boisterous crowd before turning the open house over to L.A. City Transportation Department (LADOT) Senior Bicycle Coordinator Michelle Mowery.
January 14, 2016
Irritating Double Standards In Azusa Gold Line Station Delay Request
Yesterday, Streetsie-nominee Steve Scauzillo broke the news at the San Gabriel Valley Tribune: the city of Azusa, Azusa Pacific University (APU), and Azusa developer Rosedale Land Partners have written to Metro to delay the opening of the APU/Citrus College Station. The APU station is the farthest east of six new Metro Gold Line rail stations set to open on Saturday March 5.
January 13, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Little Tokyo Track Relocation Construction Underway
Last Friday, Metro began its slightly-delayed closure of the Little Tokyo Gold Line Station. The station will be closed for about three months while Gold Line tracks are relocated to make way for Regional Connector subway construction. If this construction goes reasonably well, the on time within-budget Regional Connector will open in 2021.
January 11, 2016
Closing the Exposition Bikeway Northvale Gap, Meeting Next Week
When Metro's 6.6-mile Expo Line opens in mid-2016, the parallel Expo bikeway will open too.
January 7, 2016
SBLA’s Livable 2016 Year In Preview
Happy new year to all those loyal Streetsblog Los Angeles readers, especially the ones who have donated to keep SBLA strong. It is not too late for the rest of you to donate - click here.
January 5, 2016
Take Metro’s Parking Survey, Keep Up With Metro’s Parking Master Plan
Metro's The Source announced an online survey in which the agency is soliciting input on its station parking. Take the survey here - participants are eligible to win a monthly transit pass. Metro's survey is one of the first steps in Metro's Supportive Transit Parking Program (STPP) Master Plan.
January 4, 2016
Metro Extends Silver Line, Boosts Rapids, Quietly Reduces Local Bus Service
Twice a year, Metro makes changes to its bus routes and schedules. Last week, the agency announced changes coming into effect this winter, including detours to avoid construction and minor schedule adjustments.
December 14, 2015
Metro Moves Affordable Housing Projects in Boyle Heights Forward, Returns Grocery Store Project to Drawing Board
At Thursday's Metro Board meeting, boardmembers took action on several items pertaining to the future of Metro-owned lots in Boyle Heights. The Board approved motions allowing affordable housing projects at 1st and Soto, Cesar Chavez and Soto, and 1st and Lorena to continue moving forward, while rescinding the agreement with McCormack Baron Salazar regarding their plans to build a grocery store at Cesar Chavez and Fickett.
December 4, 2015
Little Tokyo Businesses Delay Metro Subway Construction Closures to 2016
Details are still emerging, but this morning, Metro Board of Directors chair Mark Ridley-Thomas announced that Little Tokyo businesses served Metro with a Temporary Restraining Order against Regional Connector subway construction. The legal threat caused the Metro board to decide to delay track relocation construction that had been announced to begin tomorrow. If the terms are approved, the construction will not begin until January 2016.
December 3, 2015
Winning Arguments with Your Family: Don’t Fall for the Traffic Trap
Last week, the Los Angeles Times published a disastrously titled piece entitled "L.A. Expo Line hasn't reduced congestion as promised, a study finds." The article is based on a study by the University of Southern California that used traffic monitors to gauge how many cars are driving on the freeway and arterial streets parallel to the Expo Line between Culver City and Downtown Los Angeles.
November 24, 2015