Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Art Leahy

Metro Sort of Passes Budget, Punts on Ansaldo Breda, Insults Public

By Damien Newton | May 28, 2009 | 21 Comments

Photo of poster appearing outside Metro Board Room by Stephen Box. The big news from today’s Metro Board meeting was that after our leaders subjected themselves to the pain of listening to the public, they were able to sorta-kinda pass the FY 2010 budget and put off a decision on whether to abandon their contract […]

Leahy Outlines His Vision for Metro at Calpirg Conference

By Damien Newton | May 4, 2009 | 9 Comments

There were a lot of highlights from last Friday’s "21st Century Transportation for Los Angeles" conference sponsored by CalPIRG, but many of them will require more research before I can write a full story on them. From Asm. Mike Eng’s channeling of Gavin Newsom when he declared that the 710 Tunneling Project is going to […]