Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Antonio Villaraigosa

The Mayor’s Office, Measure R and Multiple “Plan B’s”

By Damien Newton | Jan 30, 2012 | No Comments

When the Mayor and his staff in city hall say that nothing is off the table when it comes to accelerating project development and construction for the transit projects funded by the Measure R sales tax, they aren’t just talking. While the Mayor promised that there was a “Plan B” if his efforts to change […]

Mayor, Garcetti, and Englander Call for Exempting Auto Dealers from City’s Business Tax

By Damien Newton | Nov 8, 2011 | 9 Comments

Picture this. One day one of the most important political figures in the city stands in front of a major Downtown attraction and announces that train service to this attraction will be increased dramatically in the coming weeks. The next day, a major political figure, flanked by an up-and-coming political star and the City Council […]

FTA Chooses Crenshaw Line for Federal Fast Track, Will It Lead to Faster Start Date?

By Damien Newton | Oct 12, 2011 | 1 Comment

Yesterday, the White House announced that the Crenshaw Light Rail Line is one of fourteen projects nationwide selected to be part of an expedited federal review so that construction could proceed more quickly. This announcement was met with praise from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Senator Barbara Boxer and County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas. Ridley-Thomas even went so […]

Metro Board Quickly Moves on Green Construction, Position on HSR, Bike Share and Bus Studies

By Damien Newton | Aug 4, 2011 | 3 Comments

This morning, Mayor Villaraigosa’s last term as Chair of the Metro Board of Directors got off to an efficient and relatively controversy-free start as Supervisors passed motions on studying the impacts of Metro’s bus cuts and Bus Rapid Transit expansion, a second study on the costs and benefits of a bike share program, the approval […]

Villaraigosa Offers Bi-Partisan Praise for Federal Transportation Bills, But Favors Boxer’s Over House Mica’s

By Damien Newton | Jul 21, 2011 | No Comments

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was in Washington, D.C. today to support the dramatic increase in the TIFIA loan program to $1 billion that is proposed in both the House and Senate draft reauthorization bills and is the center plank of the America Fast Forward plan to accelerate transit construction. By the time he flew […]

Streetsblog Talks to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa about His Goals for Metro, Constellation Avenue and “Plan B.”

By Damien Newton | Jul 20, 2011 | 8 Comments

The weekend before Carmageddon, I had a chance encounter with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa while visiting Councilman Bill Rosendahl’s house as part of an upcoming StreetsFilm that we’re working on. Villaraigosa was pleasant, and offered to do an interview with Streetsblog sometime soon. I decided not to bother his staff until after Carmageddon, but on Monday […]

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