Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transportation Funding

Metro Takes to the Airwaves to Tout LRTP

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Still have questions about Metro’s Long Range Transportation Plan? Confused about what’s so HOT about congestion pricing? Are you one of those people that feels that Metro’s online chats are nothing more than canned responses to easy questions? Well, then here’s your chance to get better answers. Metro Board Chair Pam O’Connor will take to […]

LADOT Questions Metro’s Bus Cuts

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Last month, the Metro Board passed a resolution requiring staff to prepare a memo outlining total service cuts from 2007 and expected cuts for 2008 and 2009. Board Members wanted to put the proposed bus service changes for this June into a larger context to better understand the impact on local economies and Metro’s ridership. […]

Blogs Are Buzzing on Metro’s Long Range Plan

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Metro is working hard to promote public participation in the Draft Long Range Transportation Plan launching a new media campaign, and devoting tomorrow’s "Online Chat With Board Chair Pam O’Connor" to planning. So far, feedback, both positive and negative, is occuring daily on blogs and message boards around the Internet.  While Metro may be looking […]

Metrolink Next Up for Fare Hikes

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Last Friday, Metrolink announced plans to raise fares and cut service effective on July 1. Wait a second, you might be thinking, Metrolink announced these hikes over a year ago. True, but these fare hikes are in addition to the ones passed in 2007. From Metrolink’s press release: Because of the escalating cost of diesel […]

Westside Rejects Some Service Cuts

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Last night, the Westside Service Sector Council rejected some of Metro’s proposed bus line cuts sparing owl service on Route 14 along Beverly Boulevard and the complete elimination of a Route 220 along Robertson Avenue. The Westside Service Sector Council is one of five regional councils assigned with approving Metro’s proposed cuts and other regional […]