Dana Gabbard
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Bullet Train Audit Pending
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I was getting caught up with my transit reading and stumbled across an interesting item on the agenda of the April 8th Board meeting of the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA). Item #9 states "Staff will discuss the timing of an upcoming audit report being produced by the Bureau of State Audits, and recommend […]
Obscure Transportation Spending Watchdog to Have Meeting Monday
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Thanks for the shuttle obscure transportation funding agency! Photo: eldaybeh/Flickr I see that on Monday at 2:30 p.m. the Independent Citizens’ Advisory and Oversight Committee is holding its annual Public Hearing in the Metro Board Room to receive public comments on the result of the audits it oversees of the spending of funds from Propositions A and […]
Time Running Out for BRU to Get Their Fare Hike Hearing, Updated
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Why wouldn’t Villaraigosa want a hearing on fare increases? Photo: Strategy Center/Flickr (editor’s note: Everyone knows that a guest editorial, such as this one, does not represent an Official View of any particular group, right? Good. – DN) As outlined in a Streetsblog post last month ("BRU: No Fare Hikes Without Public Process"), the Bus […]
A Review of the Metro Sector Governance Council’s Meet and Confer
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(Author’s note: this write-up was delayed when I was hit with a particular vicious bout of flu that made me bed ridden for 9 days. But since no one in the media (including Metro’s own bloggers!) attended it is still timely and informative as the sole coverage of this event. – DG) Leahy’s vision was […]
Service Sector Governance Councils’ Quarterly Meet and Confer
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I’m sure bus operations will come up…Photo: SoCalMetro/Flickr As I noted in my previous commentary "Metro In Transition", while the Sectors are being disbanded the Governance Councils continue in their role of providing oversight of Metro bus operations. In the past the Councils had an annual joint meeting where they had an opportunity to have a dialogue with […]
SO.CA.TA Wants Your Help Gathering Signatures to Get Transit Protections on the Ballot
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Help put our money where his mouth is. Sick of transit funding being stolen by the state and want to do something about it? You can help gather signatures for placing on the November ballot the Local Taxpayer, Public Safety and Transportation Act. A packet of petitions can be requested via this online form. They […]
Advisory Committee for Gold Line Eastside Extension Meets Next Thursday
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Atlantic Station. Photo: LA Streetsblog/Flickr There have been a fair number of folks making comments on this site and elsewhere on the internet about the recently opened Gold Line Eastside Extension and safety. This coming week the advisory committee that provides input to Metro on such issues is holding a meeting near the Indiana Street station […]
Metro Tweaks Schedule This Weekend. New Routes to Start on Monday.
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The 920’s route. Image: Metro via LAist Just a reminder: Metro has its semiannual shake-up this Sunday, Dec. 13th. Veteran riders and advocates know that twice a year Metro’s bus operators bid for driving slots based on seniority per the collective bargaining agreement between the agency and the United Transportation Union, which represents the bus […]
Heavyweights Gather to Discuss Mayor’s Ten Year Measure R Proposal
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Two years to pass the Metro Board, nut only ten years to build? Monday Dec. 14 at 6:30 p.m. Move LA and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art are co-sponsoring a public meeting on Strategies to Accelerate the Development of the Wilshire Subway and Other Measure R Projects in Los Angeles County–What You Can Do […]
Metro in Transition
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Photo: Answers.com It began a few months ago when rumors reached my ears that the word circulating among Metro employees at the bus yards was that the Sectors were about to be dissolved. I took it all with a grain of salt initially. Like any large organization Metro is often rife with rumors that turn […]
State Legislative Committees Hold Trio of Hearings Downtown
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Today the Assembly Select Committee on Rail will discuss transit safety downtown. Wonder how much of the hearing will be on Metrolink? Photo: Gary Se7en/Flickr So, we are finally past that near relentless series of community meetings for corridors, bullet trains, etc. of the past few months. But don’t think you can catch your breathe! […]
SCAG Federal Certification Review Public Listening Session
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The creation of regional planning bodies (which carry the official designation of Metropolitan Planning Organizations) to implement federal mandates tied to funding transportation projects began in the 1960s. http://www.ampo.org/content/index.php?pid=15 Formed on October 28, 1965, the Southern California Association of Governments covers the six counties of Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Orange and Imperial. Since its […]