Dana Gabbard
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Local Agencies Clean Up with APTA Awards
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The folks in the entertainment industry aren’t the only ones with an awards season. Here is a rundown on some transit-related awards that have recently been bestowed on local agencies, stakeholders, etc. The American Public Transportation Association (a trade group for the transit industry) announced the individual and organizational winners of the APTA Awards Oct. […]
Senate Requests Trio of Transit Related Reports from GAO
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The Dictionary of Terms compiled by Metro’s Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library defines BOARD BOX as “an interoffice memo to board members that does not require board action. The board box provides an avenue for staff to track status of projects or programs, and includes information of upcoming workshops and other special events.” While not […]
Metro Staff Taking Civil Rights Plans to Local Service Councils
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Dan Levy, Metro’s Director of Civil Rights Programs Compliance, is presenting this month to the Service Councils for their input Civil Rights Policy Updates mentioned in the Civil Rights Corrective Action Plan: “A new draft definition of a major service change for all service (Bus and Rail) has been drafted. The new major service change […]
California High-Speed Rail Authority meets in L.A. January 12, 2012
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Next Thursday the California High Speed Rail Authority is holding its monthly meeting in the Board Room at the Metro Headquarters Building adjacent to Union Station beginning at 10 a.m. The agenda is now posted online. March of last year is when the Authority last met in Los Angeles. In the interim there has been […]
Eyes on the Fleet: Civil Rights Stickers Posted on Metro Vehicles
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A week before Christmas a decal titled “Metro Notice of Civil Rights” began appearing on Metro bus and rail vehicles. This is a response to the recent FTA Title VI Compliance Review stipulation “Metro must provide an updated Notification to the public of their rights within 30 days” (see page18). In its Civil Rights Corrective […]
2012: Another Big Year for Motorized Transit in L.A.
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I’m well aware this year we can look forward to all sorts of pedestrian and bike events like Ciclavia. One way to keep tabs on these is to regularly check this blog’s calendar. 2012 in Southern California is also going to be a year studded with numerous motorized transportation related events. Of course the marquee […]
Gabbard: High Speed Rail Route, Business Plan, Deserve a Chance
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As a long-time observer of the California high speed rail project who advocated in favor of the 2008 bond, to me one interesting recent trend is that the original hotbed of support (the Central Valley) of late has become much more skeptical and critical. Some of that is due to the dynamics of large projects […]
LADOT: Building a Bus Only Lane Isn’t As Easy As It Sounds
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Earlier this week I shared the latest on the Wilshire BRT and Gateway Plaza busway station projects. Several of the commenters posed questions about the length of time the city says is needed for completing the Wilshire lanes. For example, Allison M asked “I’m trying to understand why it will take 2 years to do […]
Wilshire BRT and El Monte Busway Improvements Coming…In 2015
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As far as I can tell two recent agency reports with updated information on the status of important transit-related improvements went straight under the radar with nary a word in the blogsphere or mass media (much like the poorly publicized TAP cards sold by bus operator pilot project I wrote about previously). Belatedly let me […]
Tonight: Metro San Gabriel Valley Service Council Meeting to Address Eastsiders Concerns
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Recall the language in the 1st amendment to the U.S. Constitution about “the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances?” Keep it in mind as you read this overview of the recent interaction of Metro, a group of disgruntled riders, and a local politico. If […]
Q&A with Measure R Oversight Committee Advisory Panel member Allison Yoh
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Earlier this week, we posted the responses of Measure R Oversight Committee Advisory Panel member Gary Painter to some questions including several suggested by readers of this blog. Today, it is Panel member Allison Yoh’s turn. Yoh is Associate Director of the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies and also a past member of the Metro […]
Q&A with Measure R Oversight Committee Advisory Panel member Gary Painter
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All things come to those who wait. In May I solicited input from readers of this blog for questions to ask Measure R Oversight Committee Advisory Panel transit system user members Gary Painter and Allison Yoh. The final set of questions I subsequently e-mailed Painter and Yoh included several that blog readers had suggested. Painter […]