Recent Streetsblog LA posts about light rail

Quantifying Transit Ridership, Some Lessons from UCLA’s Transit Conference

By Joe Linton | Apr 29, 2016 | 25 Comments

Earlier this week, SBLA attended UCLA’s The Future of Public Transit conference. The one-day event was hosted by UCLA’s Lewis Center and Institute of Transportation Studies. Numerous speakers spoke on the evolving landscape for public transit and broader mobility – from Houston to New York to Los Angeles. This article recaps two of the more […]

Media Bashes 710 Alternatives…the Transit Ones Anyway

By Damien Newton | Mar 10, 2015 | 26 Comments

Last week, Caltrans and Metro released the long-awaited draft environmental impact report for options to improve transportation near where the I-710 ends, 4.5 miles south of the I-210. As usual, the discussion around the document depends on whether or not one thinks it’s a good idea to dig a five-mile tunnel 150 feet underground to […]

Kinkisharyo Agreement Reached, Metro Rail Cars To Be Built in Palmdale

By Joe Linton | Nov 25, 2014 | 13 Comments

In October, the L.A. Times declared Kinkisharyo’s Palmdale Metro light rail car manufacturing plant “all but dead.” KPCC reported that County Supervisor Mike Antonovich spoke at a rally condemning labor’s legal challenges as “nonsense.” County Supervisor Don Knabe opined that “regulatory red tape” had cost L.A. County jobs. Apparently, the reports of the death of […]

Eyes on the Street, er, Rails: Foothill Gold Line Extension Tracks Complete

By Joe Linton | Oct 20, 2014 | 2 Comments

Last Saturday, Foothill communities celebrated a Track Completion Ceremony for the initial phase of the Foothill Gold Line extension. Local leaders installed the final “e-clip” which attached the rail tracks to the rail ties. Streetsblog didn’t actually make it out to Azusa for the event; find coverage at ABC, CBS, The Source, and Railway Age. The […]

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | Jul 11, 2014 | 1 Comment

Here is Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of California legislation related to sustainable transportation. The legislature is in recess until August. Light rail no longer illegal in LA’s San Fernando Valley: A.B. 577 from Adrin Nazarian (D-Sherman Oaks) was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown last week. The bill repealed a 1990 law that prohibited construction […]

Guest Editorial: Don’t Destroy the Orange Line, Improve It

By Annie Weinstock and Stephanie Lotshaw | Jul 10, 2014 | 73 Comments

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), a high-quality bus based transit system that delivers fast, comfortable, and cost-effective services at metro-level capacities, has enjoyed rapid growth over the past few decades in major cities internationally, and is gaining momentum in the United States. Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, and Seattle are set to join L.A. and the handful of U.S. cities with […]

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