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Metro Fare Increase Postponed, Will Take Effect September 15th
In a change that's more procedural than policy-driven, Metro has slightly postponed its fare increase that had been approved for September 1. The new fares will take effect on Monday, September 15th.
July 29, 2014
Metro July Meeting Re-Cap: Subway, SRTP, Active Transpo, and More
Metro's July Board of Directors meeting took place yesterday. As usual, it was four-plus hours long, with plenty of implications for the future of livability and transportation for the region. SBLA re-caps the meeting below.
July 25, 2014
Metro Committee OKs Dismal Walk/Bike Plan Now, Funding Report Later
More than fifty people showed up at this week's Metro Planning and Programming Committee to urge the Metro board to support active transportation. Metro's proposed $88.2 billion, ten-year Short Range Transportation Plan (SRTP) includes only $500 million for active transportation funding. Though walking and bicycling make up nearly 20 percent of L.A. County trips, Metro allocates less than one percent of its budget to those modes.
July 18, 2014
40% of Proceeds from ExpressLanes Going to Active Transportation
While much of the attention on yesterday's Metro Board committee hearings was on the showdown over active transportation in the Short Range Transportation Plan, some good news emerged in the Congestion Reduction Committee tasked with overseeing Metro's ExpressLanes Program.
July 17, 2014
Showdown Over Bike/Walk Funds Missing from Metro Short Range Plan
Metro's Short Term Transportation Plan is on the agenda for this Wednesday's Metro board Planning and Programming Committee. The SRTP is the agency's $88 billion plan for the next 10 years.
July 14, 2014
Guest Editorial: Don’t Destroy the Orange Line, Improve It
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), a high-quality bus based transit system that delivers fast, comfortable, and cost-effective services at metro-level capacities, has enjoyed rapid growth over the past few decades in major cities internationally, and is gaining momentum in the United States. Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, and Seattle are set to join L.A. and the handful of U.S. cities with true BRT.
July 10, 2014
Balancing Cars, Cash and Congestion: Metro Silver Line BRT in ExpressLanes
At the April 2014 board meeting, Metro's ExpressLanes and the Metro Silver Line were the big success story.
July 8, 2014
Gold Line Foothill Extension Photo Tour: Transit Oriented Development (TOD)
In this fourth installment of the Foothill Gold Line Extension photo tour series, we explore planned Transit Oriented Developments (TOD) around some of the line's future stations.
July 7, 2014
Metro Round-Up: LAX, Open Streets, New Reps on Technical Committee
At yesterday's Metro Board Meeting, directors approved a handful of initiatives that have great implications for the future livability of the Los Angeles Region. Here is the re-cap:
June 27, 2014
Metro: We’re Not Opposed to North Figueroa Road Diet
Responding to coverage in Streetsblog of the May meeting held concerning the North Figueroa Road Diet, a spokesperson for Metro reached out to Streetsblog arguing that despite our characterization of Metro's position as "opposed to the Road Diet," Metro is not opposed to reducing mixed used traffic lanes to create a buffered bike lane.
June 23, 2014