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New Group Calls for Greenway Along Proposed Expo Line

By Damien Newton | Jun 20, 2008 | 4 Comments

A rendering of the Proposed Greenway Do you have trouble keeping all of the organizations that are lobbying around the Expo Line straight from one another? After all, there’s Fix Expo, Build Expo, Friends 4 Expo, Light Rail for Cheviot, and Neighbors for Smart Transit…and these are just the groups I can think of off […]

Metro Imagines More Buses Running on Time

By Damien Newton | Jun 19, 2008 | 7 Comments

Street Art on Melrose Ave. Tired of waiting for buses that seemingly never show up on time? Do you get doubly frustrated when after waiting for an eternity, two buses show up within moments of each other? Well, the Metro Board feels your pain. In May, Metro conducted a survey of the largest transit operators […]

Obama Calls for Investment in Regional Intercity Rail

By Ben Fried | Jun 17, 2008 | No Comments

We noted yesterday that Barack Obama has promised to direct more federal funds to bike-ped infrastructure if elected. Now comes word that the Illinois Senator is going public with his support for a regional rail network linking midwestern cities, an idea he had floated quietly during the Democratic primary campaign. In a major address on […]

Westsiders Vent at Last Night’s Expo Meeting

By Damien Newton | Jun 10, 2008 | 10 Comments

Last night the Expo Construction Authority held a community meeting in the Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services Gymnasium, right in the heart of a community that has historically been opposed to construction of Phase II of the Expo Line. As expected, it was hard to find a supporter of extending light rail […]

Republicans Stop Feuer’s Efforts to Lower Sales Tax Threshold

By Damien Newton | Jun 6, 2008 | 2 Comments

Assemblyman Mike Feuer finds himself back in the news this week. All four of his legislative bills written to help L.A. County raise transit funds have cleared the Assembly and he was featured in a recent story aired nationally on National Public Radio. However, when partisan politics becomes involved with policy, bad things can happen. […]

National Transit Union Proposes a Smart Fuel Subsidy

By Ben Fried | Jun 6, 2008 | 1 Comment

Tired of hearing about gas tax holidays, bridge toll suspensions, and rebates for drivers? Here’s a policy proposal that will actually improve commutes, not just encourage trips by car: subsidizing fuel for transit systems. As the Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week, rising diesel prices are hitting transit agencies hard (preview only), leading to […]

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