Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transit Advocacy

Feds Cut Light Rail Language from STC Report

By Damien Newton | | 2 Comments
Sometimes, you wonder why people even bother to volunteer for the government. Let’s take the case of transit advocate, and avowed conservative, Paul Weyrich. The founder of such bastions of the Conservative movement in America as the Heritage Foundation and Free Congress Foundation, Weyrich agrees to serve on a Surface Transportation Committee to write a […]

This Post Brought to You By the Number 33

By Damien Newton | | 1 Comment
One BRU Member, with the help of a translator, slams fare policy plan While the two issues covered below may dominate the coverage of today’s meeting, the most important story of the day was the somewhat schizophrenic behavior by the Board when it comes to their long-term budget issues and fare policies. First, the Board […]

Metro Considers Raising "Senior Discount" Age to 65

By Damien Newton | | 1 Comment
At yesterday’s meeting of Metro’s Finance and Budget Subcommittee staff raised the specter of changing the age needed to receive the "Senior Discount" from 62 to 65. All residents currently receiving the discount would be grandfathered in. In response to a question from the audience, Board Member John Fasana clarified that such a change would […]

The Bus Bench’s Dead Escalator Survey

By Damien Newton | | No Comments
Over the weekend an interesting blog found me called The Bus Bench. While checking out their site I found a depressing series on the state of escalators at Metro Stations. Because I haven’t used Metro rail services outside of Vermont/Beverly, Union Station and Civic Center, I wasn’t aware what an epidemic broken escalators are in […]

SoCATA Backs Prop 91

By Damien Newton | | No Comments
What little conventional wisdom exists about Proposition 91, says that Prop. 91 is a ballot measure without any supporters. In the past couple of months, the California Alliance for Jobs, The League of Women’s Voters, LAist, and just random people around the Internet have all urged people to vote against Proposition 91. What’s especially weird […]
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