Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Westside Subway

Kuehl: “I don’t support anything that would delay the roll-out of the Purple Line”

By Damien Newton | May 20, 2014 | 8 Comments

It’s not supposed to be this way. When a candidate earns the endorsement of a newspaper, it is supposed to be a big moment for the campaign. A sign of momentum. A building block to create real inroads in a community. But for County Supervisorial candidate Sheila Kuehl, the endorsement from the Beverly Hills Courier […]

Kuehl Earns Courier Endorsement for Opposing Subway Route, Shriver and Duran Respond (Update: Kuehl Touts Transit Bonafides, Says She Will Not Hold Up Subway)

By Damien Newton | May 16, 2014 | 10 Comments

(Update: This is a first. The Courier didn’t get one thing wrong in its editorial, it got two things wrong. Sheila Kuehl has responded. The full text of which is available at the end of the story. The highlight: “I strongly support fully building the Purple Line and never said anything indicating I would take any […]

Metro Scores $200 Million in Obama’s Proposed Budget

By Damien Newton | Mar 4, 2014 | No Comments

There is much celebrating going on by Metro and transit expansion advocates around the region. In President Barack Obama’s proposed budget for next year, a cool $200 million is set aside for Los Angeles under the “new starts” program. $100 million of that is set to go towards the Regional Connector and the other $100 […]

Feds Announce Regional Connector Funding, Hint at Purple Line Funding

By Joe Linton | Feb 20, 2014 | 13 Comments

This morning, local elected officials and federal administrators joined together to announce that Metro’s Regional Connector is now fully funded. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is granting $670 million in New Starts funding to the Regional Connector, and also extending a low-interest TIFIA (Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act) loan of $160 million. A document […]

Better Bike Beverly Hills in the Los Angeles Times

By Mark Elliot | Jun 4, 2012 | 2 Comments

(The following letter by Mark Elliott, Streetsblog famous for his work with Better Bike Beverly Hills, appeared in today’s Los Angeles Times. It appears here with the author’s permission.-DN) Re “Undermining the subway,” Editorial, May 30 As a Beverly Hills resident and safe streets advocate, I’m often asked, “Is everybody in this city against tunneling […]

Beverly Hills Unified School District Files CEQA Suit Against Westside Subway

By Damien Newton | May 30, 2012 | 22 Comments

(Editor’s note: A full copy of the legal petition can be found here.) It was only a matter of time. Earlier today, the Beverly Hills Unified School District filed suit against Metro alleging a “rush-to-judgment by the Metro Board designed to hurry the decision through without awaiting full and complete information needed by the decision […]

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