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Leimert Park People St Plaza: Making a Cookie-Cutter Program Fit a Cultural Community’s Aspirations
On my way to a meeting of the Leimert Park Village stakeholders at the Vision Theater a few weeks ago, I poked my head into the art space known as the KAOS Network looking for founder and artist Ben Caldwell.
October 29, 2014
Metro Updates: Rail-to-River, Complete Streets, BRT, & More
Here's a round-up of newsworthy items from today's Metro Board Meeting and the committee meetings that led up to it.
October 23, 2014
Times, ABC7, and Metro Parking Stories Are Wrong and Misleading
Yesterday, the L.A. Times ran Lack of Parking Drives Many Away from Mass Transit, an article by Laura Nelson.
October 22, 2014
Motion to Move Forward on Rail-to-River Bikeway Project up for Vote Thursday
In a motion before the Metro Executive Management Committee last Thursday morning, County Supervisor and Metro Board Member Mark Ridley-Thomas cited the successful "transformation of unused or abandoned rail right-of-ways into pedestrian access and bicycle routes" around the country and here in L.A. as support for his call that the Board direct Chief Executive Officer Art Leahy to move forward on the recommendations found in the 212-page feasibility study on the proposed Rail-to-River Bikeway.
October 22, 2014
Eyes on the Street, er, Rails: Foothill Gold Line Extension Tracks Complete
Last Saturday, Foothill communities celebrated a Track Completion Ceremony for the initial phase of the Foothill Gold Line extension. Local leaders installed the final "e-clip" which attached the rail tracks to the rail ties. Streetsblog didn't actually make it out to Azusa for the event; find coverage at ABC, CBS, The Source, and Railway Age.
October 20, 2014
Metro Moving Forward With Flawed Complete Streets Policy
At today's meeting, the Metro board of directors Ad Hoc Sustainability Committee approved the agency's proposed Complete Streets Policy [PDF]. The committee approval sends the policy to the full board for anticipated approval at its meeting next Thursday, October 23.
October 15, 2014
Construction Updates, the Naming of Stations, and More at Tonight’s Meeting on the Crenshaw Line
The Crenshaw Leadership Council (CLC) will be holding their quarterly meeting on the progress of the Crenshaw/LAX line tonight from 6 - 8 p.m. at Dulan’s on Crenshaw (4859 Crenshaw Boulevard).
October 9, 2014
Metro Celebrates Downtown L.A. Regional Connector Subway Groundbreaking
Electeds, agency representatives, and other leaders gathered in Little Tokyo yesterday to commemorate the groundbreaking for construction of Metro's Regional Connector subway. Metro boardmembers were joined by federal Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and even activist-actor George Takei.
October 1, 2014
Metro Board Will Discuss Sheriff Audit Reports and Shortcomings on Thursday
Thursday at noon the Metro Board is holding a workshop on the recent audit of the security contract it has with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD). The unit of the LASD that handles the contract is known as Metro Transit Services which has an online presence on Facebook, Twitter and nixle.
September 2, 2014