Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Beverly Hills

With Legal Challenges Completed, What’s Next in Beverly Hills Subway Drama

By Damien Newton | Aug 15, 2016 | 8 Comments

Late Friday afternoon, I was already at a dinner meeting when I heard the news. Metro announced that the most recent, and likely last, lawsuit against the Purple Line Subway Extension under Beverly Hills has been completed. Despite some testy language against the transit agency and the Federal Transit Agency which approved the project, the ruling […]

Opinion: The Autonomous Future of Public Transportation

By John Mirisch | Jun 30, 2016 | 39 Comments

Applications within public transportation for driverless vehicle technology should be much more than an afterthought. Yet public transit agencies seem to be slow to recognize the potential of autonomous vehicles (AVs) which could literally revolutionize how we think about and use public transportation. Fortunately, cities around the U.S. are starting to understand the technology’s potential. […]

Today’s Beverly Hills vs. Metro Subway Court Hearing Inconclusive

By Joe Linton | Jun 1, 2016 | 4 Comments

At a federal court hearing this morning, attorneys for Beverly Hills and Metro clashed, but did not arrive at any conclusive outcome. It appears that Metro will likely need to do some additional environmental review (a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement or SEIS) before proceeding with construction on phase 2 of the Purple Line Subway extension, which […]

Preliminary Federal Ruling Sides With Beverly Hills Against Metro Subway

By Joe Linton | Feb 9, 2016 | 13 Comments

Last week, United States District Judge George Wu issued a ruling [PDF] in Beverly Hills’ legal battles against Metro’s plans to tunnel the Purple Line subway beneath Beverly Hills High School. The Beverly Hills Courier portrayed the ruling as a victory for Beverly Hills in that Judge Wu chided subway proponents for “not properly considering the environmental effects […]

Eyes on the Street: LADOT Express Bus Service to Beverly Hills

By Damien Newton | Jan 9, 2015 | 1 Comment

Michael Fleming has been advocating for LADOT’s Commuter Express bus service to add a stop to service Beverly Hills for years. When LADOT gave him the best New Year’s present of all, a bus stop just blocks from his office, he excitedly snapped this picture to share with the world. Commuter Express #534 will now […]

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