Recent Streetsblog LA posts about light rail

Ethan Elkind’s Railtown – How Planning, Engineering and Mostly Politics Shape L.A. Rail

By Melanie Curry | Mar 13, 2014 | 14 Comments

The UC Berkeley Faculty Club meeting room was packed on Tuesday evening with people who came to hear Ethan Elkind talk about his book, Railtown: The Fight for the Los Angeles Metro Rail and the Future of the City. Elkind, who holds a joint appointment as Climate Policy Associate at the UCLA and UC Berkeley […]

First Look at Farmer’s Field Traffic EIR: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

By Damien Newton | Apr 5, 2012 | 13 Comments

Earlier today, AEG announced the completion of the first draft of environmental documents for Farmers Field, the proposed football stadium for Downtown Los Angeles. The document, available on City Planning’s website, is a mammoth 10,000 pages and the ceremonial handing over of the documents to the city at today’s event involved 13 overflowing three ring […]

Crenshaw Subway Coalition Gears up for Legal Battle. Metro Pushes Date for EIR Review

By Damien Newton | Jul 18, 2011 | 14 Comments

The Crenshaw Subway community group is kicking its planning for a legal challenge to the Crenshaw Line in to high gear, announcing an “emergency meeting” tonight to brief their members on their preparations. Originally, the meeting was scheduled because of Metro’s plans to certify the environmental documents at their August 4th Board Meeting, despite the […]

Gold Line Foothill Extension Station Planning Workshops Upcoming

By Dana Gabbard | Apr 7, 2011 | 11 Comments

The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority is co-sponsoring workshops with the cities in the 12.6-mile corridor between Azusa and Montclair along which the Authority hopes to extend the Gold Line. The subject of the meetings are proposed station sites in Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne, Pomona, Claremont and Montclair. The meetings begin this […]

A Sustainable Ending for the 710 Tunnel Debate – Let’s Build Light Rail for Everyone

By James Rojas | Jan 27, 2011 | 17 Comments

The never-ending debate over whether or not to “complete” SR-710 so that it connects with the 210 provides a great opportunity to create a sustainable option for the 710 Tunnel. Instead of a tunnel designed to move trucks and cars, we need to create a light rail alternative that connects the region’s biggest job centers […]

Ridley-Thomas Wants “Subjective” Analysis When Determining Grade Crossings

By Damien Newton | Oct 22, 2010 | 24 Comments

A proposal by County Supervisor and Metro Board Member Mark Ridley-Thomas could create major changes in how Metro decides which grade-crossings are designed at-grade and which will have grade separation. Ridley-Thomas represents the communities fighting for a grade-separated Expo Line in South L.A. and much of the area that will be covered by a rail […]

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