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Texas Governor Rick Perry Celebrates 18 Lanes of “Freedom”
Texas
officials this week marked the opening of new lanes on the Katy
Freeway, a stretch of Interstate 10 that runs 40 miles west from
downtown Houston. The state has added 20 miles of interior lanes,
including 12 miles of HOV lanes, which officials say will eventually be
converted to variable-rate HOT use. The rebuilt Katy Freeway is 18
lanes wide.
October 30, 2008
Could State Budget Cuts Derail Late Night Train Service?
A lot has been made about a proposal by the Los Angeles City Council to run late night trains until 3 A.M. in the morning between November 1 and January 1 on Metro's Red Line. While the proposal has earned praise in many quarters, the City Council has no authority over Metro, and with the Metro Board's Subcommittee's having met this week with no resolution on late night train service proposed or moved to the full Board, it seems unlikely that such a service could come online by November 1.
September 19, 2008
Governor’s Veto of State Budget a Good or Bad Thing?
Candidate Schwarzenegger, Transit Rider
September 18, 2008
California’s Senators Want Better Signals for Rail Safety
In the wake of last week's Metrolink disaster there has been a lot of discussion about what impact more modern signals could have had in preventing the crash. Today, the Times revealed that Metrolink had been an outspoken critic of Congressional efforts to require better signalization for all train tracks.
September 17, 2008
Feuer’s Office Confident that Governor Will Sign A.B. 2321
Earlier this morning, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer held a public hearing on Los Angeles' needs from the federal government in terms of transportation dollars. Streetsblog will have complete coverage of the meeting tomorrow. However, the testimony of Assembly Speaker Karen Bass raised a new concern with me. Is A.B. 2321, the legislation authorizing Measure R to appear on the fall ballot, in trouble again?
September 4, 2008
Good News for Metro? Most Americans Want More Transit Investment
A new Pew Research Center study on political preferences includes polling data that show almost three-fourths of Americans favor more spending on public transportation:
August 27, 2008
Judge Rules Against BRU and NRDC. Fare Hikes Don’t Require EIS.
The Bottleneck Blog reports that yesterday a Superior Court Judge ruled that Metro did not violate any laws when they raised fares last July without first completing an environmental review. The thrust of the case was that because fare increases cause fewer people to ride transit, the increases will result in greater air pollution as more people turn to the automobile.
August 26, 2008