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Update on effort to provide cell service in subway

Posted by Steve Hymon on May 15, 2012 4:25 pm
We frequently hear from readers and riders who want to know if Metro will be providing cell phone service and/or wi-fi in the Red and Purple Line subway. Answer: the agency is working on it and has ...

Metro staff issues report on Measure R extension and recommends to Board adopting Measure R principles

Posted by Steve Hymon on May 15, 2012 4:13 pm
As many of you know, there have been discussions underway to extend the Measure R half-cent sales tax past its expiration date of July 1, 2039, to accelerate transit and highway projects that are ...

90-day closure of two I-405 freeway ramps — i.e. ‘Rampture’ — set to begin June 22

Posted by Steve Hymon on May 11, 2012 10:14 am
  Adding a northbound carpool lane may be the most known part of the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project. But the project will also rebuild the Wilshire Boulevard ramps to and from the ...

On Transportation column, May 10 edition

Posted by Steve Hymon on May 10, 2012 3:43 pm
Next stop, Culver City: Some good news this week with Expo Line test trains running all the way to the end of phase 1 of the project in Culver City. No opening date to Culver City has yet been ...

Bill that would allow Metro to seek voter approval for Measure R extension approved by third Assembly committee

Posted by Steve Hymon on May 9, 2012 1:41 pm
The bill, AB 1446, next goes to the full Assembly floor. If approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, the bill would allow the Metro Board of Directors to ask Los Angeles County ...

Crenshaw/LAX Line open house this Thursday

Posted by Steve Hymon on May 8, 2012 5:47 pm
Metro invites you to an open house to learn about design changes that have taken place through the project’s preliminary engineering phase. A second public meeting will be held when the ...

Expo Line to power up to Culver City tonight

Posted by Steve Hymon on May 8, 2012 1:39 pm
UPDATE: Source reader and photographer Dwight Sturtevant has many photos of trains running to and from Culver City on his Flickr photostream. The overhead electrical wires that deliver power to Expo ...

Expo Line Phase 2 construction notice for grading work

Posted by Steve Hymon on May 7, 2012 5:12 pm
Looks like more activity along the second phase of the Expo Line between Culver City and Santa Monica. Here’s the construction notice from the Expo Line Construction Authority, the agency ...

Metro Orange Line Extension testing continues

Posted by Dave Sotero on May 7, 2012 3:08 pm
Traffic control officers were deployed to ensure vehicular safety during the busway testing. Metro Orange Line Extension testing is now in its third week. Buses continue to run intermittently on ...

Just installed! Canoga Station mosaic artwork

Posted by Zipporah Lax Yamamoto on May 4, 2012 2:04 pm
Artwork installation has begun on the Metro Orange Line Extension! A few shots of the 27-foot-long ellipses designed by Ken Gonzales-Day for the Canoga Station are below. More information about the ...

Volume 1 - Issue 3 (Summer 2010) Go to Works Online
Metro Highway Projects
Included in the Measure R funding for transportation improvements planned during the next 30 years are an ambitious series of highway projects totaling an investment of more than $7.8 billion. An Overview of Measure R Projects Metro ...  </dd>
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Measure R is funding new transportation projects and programs and accelerating those already in the pipeline. Voters approved the measure in 2008 and it took effect July 2009. Over 30 years, it is projected to generate $40 billion for ...

Work Begins on a New El Monte Station
Groundbreaking was held recently to start construction of a new $45 million public bus terminal at Santa Anita Avenue and Ramona Boulevard. The project doubles the capacity of the original El Monte Station that opened in 1973.

Acceleration of Measure R Highway Projects
The 30/10 Initiative was recently introduced to accelerate Measure R transit projects in LA County. At the same time, the Metro Board of Directors adopted a policy to combine long-term countywide sales tax revenue from Measure R with alternative project ...


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