Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transportation Funding

Expo Board Talking Dorsey High Tomorrow

By Damien Newton | | 2 Comments
As we get closer to tomorrow’s monthly meeting (2 p.m. at 500 Temple Street) of the Expo Metro Line Construction Authority both sides in the debate over crossings at Dorsey High School have been actively firing up the troops. Tomorrow’s expected fireworks will be over agenda item 6d which would re-examine the crossing designed for […]

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 […]

Turnstile Plan Delayed

By Damien Newton | | 5 Comments
Coming Soon? A decision on whether or not to use turnstiles to collect fares at train stops was postponed by the Metro Board today not after threats of a lawsuit or the repeated strong opposition from Board Member Richard Katz; but because of a letter by former Metrolink executive director Richard Stanger questioning how much […]

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 […]

Feuer Seeks To Help LA County Help Itself

By Damien Newton | | No Comments
A seemingly wonky piece of legislation introduced last week by Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D-LA) may have big implications for the future of transportation funding in Southern California. ACA 10, modeled after a ballot proposition for education bonds, would lower the threshold needed for counties to approve bond measures for transportation. Currently, 2/3 of all voters […]
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