The Problem With the Metro Blue/Expo Light Rail Is… Cars
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Blue and Expo trains slow to a crawl in downtown L.A. where they compete with cars. Wny not fix this problem when the Blue Line is improved next year?
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First Look at Farmer’s Field Traffic EIR: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
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Earlier today, AEG announced the completion of the first draft of environmental documents for Farmers Field, the proposed football stadium for Downtown Los Angeles. The document, available on City Planning’s website, is a mammoth 10,000 pages and the ceremonial handing over of the documents to the city at today’s event involved 13 overflowing three ring […]
AFL-CIO Flexing Its Muscle for Senate Transit Operating Aid Bill
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The AFL-CIO, a formidable lobbying force in Washington, is throwing its weight behind a Senate bill offered last week that would authorize $2 billion in emergency funding for transit agencies forced to hike fares or cut service in lean budgetary times. Rev. Jesse Jackson, second from left, has joined transit workers’ unions in their Save […]
Eight Senate Dems Offer $2B Plan for Emergency Transit Operating Aid
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Transit agencies forced to raise fares or cut service to close budget gaps would be eligible for $2 billion in emergency operating funds under legislation unveiled today by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) and seven other Democratic senators, including two members of the party’s leadership. Sens. Chris Dodd (D-CT), left, Charles Schumer (D-NY), […]
Jackson Joins Transit Unions to Rally for More Federal Operating Aid
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Rev. Jesse Jackson, center, joined Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) for a similar transit-workers rally in New York City earlier this month. (Photo: Noah Kazis) "CONGRE$$ PLEASE HELP." "THINK BEFORE YOU CUT." "HANDS OFF OUR BUS OPERATORS." The messages were stark on Capitol Hill today as hundreds of transit workers gathered to protest the wave of […]
As Minneapolis Joins NACTO, Oberstar Backs Shift on Transit Operating Aid
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At an event in Minneapolis today, House transportation committee chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) announced his support for giving urban transit agencies more flexibility to spend federal transportation formula money on operating — a change in the current law that has already won the backing of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood but has split the transit industry. […]