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Metro Committee Approves $132M Regional Connector Construction Increase
This morning, the Metro board's Construction Committee approved an additional $131.8M for construction of the downtown Los Angeles Regional Connector subway. This increase ups the budget from $1.42 billion to 1.55 billion - a 9 percent increase.
November 19, 2015
Metro Planning Committee Approves Bike-Share Fare Structure
Metro's Planning and Programming Committee approved the proposed bike-share fare structure. Three payment options would be offered: a $20 monthly pass, a $40 annual "flex pass," or $3.50 per half-hour for walk-up single use. For further Metro bike-share fare details see earlier SBLA coverage on the proposal.
November 18, 2015
A Peek Into Metro Bike-Share’s Proposed Fare Structure
A Metro staff report available this week gives a peek into the proposed fare structure for the transit agency's bike-share system, coming to downtown Los Angeles in 2016. Metro has contracted with Bicycle Transit Systems (BTS) to open a 60+ station, 1000+ bicycle system extending from Union Station to USC. The new report [PDF] recommends that the Metro board approve bike-share fees and an interoperability plan, both detailed below.
November 9, 2015
Video: Fly Through the Future Of Union Station
For rainy Tuesday night viewing, watch Metro's updated Union Station explainer video.
November 3, 2015
710 Freeway Opposition Testimony Dominates October Metro Board Meeting
(NO-710 advocate Joe Cano recorded the meeting. His video can be found here.)
October 26, 2015
Area Mobility Advocate Exhausted by Bus, Makes Decision to Buy Car
What was I writing about, a woman wanted to know.
October 23, 2015
Court Rules In Metro’s Favor In Beverly Hills Subway Lawsuit Appeal
In a ruling filed yesterday, an appeals court denied Beverly Hills' attempt to block Metro from tunneling under their city to extend the Purple Line subway. The city of Beverly Hills and the Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) challenged Metro's environmental studies as being inadequate. In 2014, Beverly Hills lost in the initial round of the lawsuit. This week Beverly Hills lost in their efforts to overturn the earlier ruling. The appeal court's verdict takes Metro a few steps closer to moving full speed ahead with subway construction.
October 23, 2015
Foothill Gold Line Extension To Open March 5, 2016
Today, Metro CEO Phil Washington announced the opening date for the initial 12-mile extension of the Foothill Gold Line. The new Gold Line extension is set to open on March 5, 2016.
October 22, 2015
October Metro Committee Meeting Updates: Bus Service, TOC, Measure R2
The Metro Board of Directors held its monthly committee meetings this week, in advance of next Thursday's board meeting. Below are a handful of news bits gleaned from this week's committee meetings. Final decisions still need to be approved by the full board next week.
October 16, 2015
Lessons From UCLA’s TransportationCamp
What do you get when dozens of transportation professionals, technologists, and others interested in improving urban transportation networks all in one room at UCLA on a Saturday morning? The answer is Los Angeles’ very first TransportationCamp.
October 6, 2015