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Recap of today's Metro Board meeting

The Metro Board approved amendments to the Measure R ordinance and its extension, which included the motion by Director John Fasana to allow for the transfer of funds between the transit capital and...

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All structural work complete for I-210 bridge for Gold Line Foothill Extension!

Here's the news release issued today by the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, which is building the 11.5-mile line from eastern Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border: MONROVIA,...

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Work starting on other bridges for Gold Line Foothill Extension

Here’s the good word from the Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the agency building the 11.5-mile light rail line from Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border, funded by Measure R: Throughout...

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Last Measure J update of the evening

The results are still trickling in — it’s even slower than usual this time around. Below is the latest from the County Registrar below. Obviously Measure J has an uphill battle at this point to reach...

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Measure J unofficial results

The final unoffiicial results were posted by the Registrar within the past hour. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Measure J is nearly two percentage points shy of the two-thirds threshold...

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Go Metro to the East LA Safe Connections Festival

This Saturday, Nov. 17, take the Gold Line to the East LA Civic Center for the East LA Safe Connections Festival. The free community event will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and features safety...

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Measure J results updated again; yes votes rise to 65.33 percent

Here are the latest Measure J results, posted a few minutes ago the Los Angeles County Registrar. According to the Registar, 130,063 ballots were added to the election results today. It appears of...

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Gold Line Foothill Extension Bridge is complete!

A 584-foot bridge over the eastbound lanes of the 210 freeway — the first major piece of infrastructure for the Gold Line Foothill Extension — is now complete, on time and on budget. The media had...

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Metro Board Members Antonio Villaraigosa and Pam O’Connor announce start of...

Photo by Luiz Inzunza/Metro This morning, Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Member Antonio Villaraigosa, Santa Monica Mayor and Metro Board Member Pam O’Connor, City Coucil Member Jose Huizar and Metro...

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L.A. becomes more pedestrian friendly with new crosswalk upgrades

DTLA Bike Patrol officers demonstrate how to properly cross a crosswalk with a bike. Photo by Jose Ubaldo/Metro 53 intersections throughout L.A. will be upgraded with continental crosswalks (a.k.a....

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Metro Requests Proposals to Build Regional Connector Project

Metro took another step forward toward construction of the Regional Connector Project by issuing a Request for Proposals, or RFP, last week for the 1.9-mile underground light rail line through...

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First phase of Metro Red Line celebrates 20-year anniversary

Click to view slideshow. “This day is here…” On January 29, 1993, former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley stood among a swarm of public officials and transit agency staffers on the cramped Pershing Square...

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Explaining the other half of America Fast Forward: transportation bonds

Click above to view larger. Metro last year scored a win when Congress adopted part of the America Fast Forward initiative, expanding a federal loan program called TIFIA that offers low-interest,...

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Small business and prime contractors meet up to team up for Metro contracting...

Click to view slideshow. With major projects coming online such as the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor, the Regional Connector and the Westside Subway Extension, plus some 25 highway projects in...

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Transportation headlines, special edition: LA Streetsblog’s post “You can’t...

Traffic on the 405. Photo by malingering, via Flickr creative commons. If you have three minutes to spare, I highly recommend Damien Newton's post in response to an opinion piece in the Los Angeles...

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City of Agoura Hills breaks ground on Canwood Street Improvements Project

From left to right: Greg Ramirez, City Manager; Lan Saadatnejadi, Metro Highway Program Executive Officer; Ben Jong, Metro Project Manager; Illece Buckley-Weber, Councilwoman; Bill Koehler, Mayor Pro...

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Reminder: why Election Day matters in Los Angeles if you care about...

Click above to find your polling place. As you may have heard, there’s a runoff Tuesday in Los Angeles to elect the next mayor of the second-largest city in the nation — a city with about 3.8 million...

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Metro, Caltrans to Hold Public Meetings on High Desert Corridor (HDC) Project

Here’s the press release from Metro: The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) and Caltrans is holding a series of four public meetings to provide information and seek...

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Metro releases latest Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor map

The Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project team today released the latest project map of the 8.5-mile rail line, which includes official names of the eight new stations: Expo/Crenshaw, Crenshaw/Martin...

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Metro Responds to BHUSD Consultant Memo on Century City Station Location

Today Metro  released its review of a Beverly Hills Unified School District consultant memo that challenged the agency’s geotechnical rationale  for choosing the Constellation site for the Purple Line...

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