Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Wilshire BRT

Metro Board Quickly Moves on Green Construction, Position on HSR, Bike Share and Bus Studies

By Damien Newton | Aug 4, 2011 | 3 Comments

This morning, Mayor Villaraigosa’s last term as Chair of the Metro Board of Directors got off to an efficient and relatively controversy-free start as Supervisors passed motions on studying the impacts of Metro’s bus cuts and Bus Rapid Transit expansion, a second study on the costs and benefits of a bike share program, the approval […]

City Council Approves 7.7 Mile Route for Wilshire Bus Only Lanes, Asks Metro to Consider 8.7 Mile Route

By Damien Newton | Jun 14, 2011 | 4 Comments

Next week, the County Board of Supervisors will meet to vote on the Wilshire Bus Only Lanes proposal to decide the county’s official position on the three potential routes. However, the main drama over the proposal ended earlier today when the Los Angeles City Council approved alternative A1 for the proposal, the 7.7 mile route […]

Next Tuesday’s City Council: Jaime De La Vega and Wilshire Bus Only Lanes

By Damien Newton | Jun 10, 2011 | 1 Comment

(While we initially reported the Bus Only Lanes hearing would be on Wednesday, it was moved to Tuesday at the request of one of the Councilmen who couldn’t make the Wednesday hearing. – DN) While we usually wait until Monday to do our events listings for the coming week, there are two items on next […]

Behind the Politics of Yestedays Split Decision on Bus Only Lanes

By Damien Newton | Jun 9, 2011 | 4 Comments

(Thanks to Sunyoung Yang at the Bus Riders Union, Bart Reed with the Transit Coalition, and Ray Klein with the Brentwood Community Council for help researching this article. Also, The Source had a review of the meeting up yesterday for more background.) If City Councilman Bill Rosendahl is hoping to keep the Wilshire Bus-Only Lanes […]

Metro Board Has Three Huge Decisions on Thursday

By Damien Newton | May 24, 2011 | 2 Comments

When a decision on a proposed budget that assumes the cutting of another 72,000 hours of bus service is the third most controversial item on the agenda, you know it’s going to be a long meeting. Highlighting the agenda, which will include discussion of diversifying options for buying weekly passes and the HOT Lanes transponder […]

Today’s BRU Presser: All Hands on Deck for Westside Bus Only Lanes

By Damien Newton | May 17, 2011 | 14 Comments

Flanked by allies, transit advocates showed a united front in the battle to bring the Wilshire Bus Only Lanes to West Los Angeles in front of the Veteran’s Administration hospital on Wilshire Boulevard earlier today. “We’ve been fighting for a Wilshire Bus Only Lane for the last six years,” explains Sunyoung Yang, the lead organizer […]

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