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L.A. Times Opinion Piece Amplifies Call to Nix Metro’s Harmful Freeway Widening
"...why on earth is Metro prioritizing a problematic freeway expansion? ...at some point we need our transit agencies to draw a line in the sand. If they can’t end car-centric urban planning, they can certainly stop enabling it with freeway expansions."
April 5, 2021
Eagle Rock’s Colorado Boulevard Could Get “Dining, Parking, Walking, Bikes, and a Big Fat Bus”
Metro is finalizing plans for its 18-mile long North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit project
April 2, 2021
Advocates Urging Support for a Better Bus Rapid Transit for Eagle Rock at Hearing this Thursday
Eagle Rock livability advocates' Beautiful Boulevard proposal has been getting some traction at Metro... but not quite enough. Metro is nearing completion of public input on project environmental studies with one remaining community meeting this Thursday. Meeting details at the bottom this post.
March 30, 2021
How Metro Successfully Tunneled Through Challenging Conditions For First Wilshire Subway Extension
Purple Line Extension Section 1 saw heroic efforts to probe conditions, avoid obstacles, and clear heavy steel beams in the way. Sections 2 and 3 follow.
March 29, 2021
Metro Board Approves $36M for Transit Policing Overruns, Plus Safety Alternatives Next Year
Today's approval brings Metro transit policing price up to $150 million per year, well above the $130 million per year approved in 2017
March 25, 2021
Editorial: Metro Board Needs to Reject More Funding for Transit Police
Don't settle for more punitive policing-as-usual. Don't waste any more time in making good on your promises to reform transit policing.
March 24, 2021
Metro Expects to Finish Purple Line Extension Section One Tunneling This Week
Some new details emerged last week on Metro's herculean task of tunneling below Wilshire to extend the Purple Line subway.
March 23, 2021
Metro About to Green-Light Another Highway Mega-Project: North County 5 Freeway Widening
The I-5 North County project would add roughly 32 new lane miles, generating ~275M new vehicle miles travelled (VMT) per year, resulting in ~25,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year.
March 22, 2021
Metro Postpones Approving Transit Policing Cost Overruns – for the Third Time
The proposed $36M increase to Metro's transit policing budget will be heard at next week's board meeting
March 19, 2021
Eyes on the Street: Regional Connector Bridge Construction on Bunker Hill
Metro's Regional Connector subway is expected to open in mid-2022. Work is underway on the pedestrian bridge that will connect the Bunker Hill Station to Grand Avenue.
March 18, 2021
