Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Mark Ridley-Thomas

Does the Crenshaw Subway Coalition Have Enough Juice to Alter Metro’s Crenshaw Plans Again?

By Damien Newton | Jun 28, 2013 | 7 Comments

Yesterday, the Metro Board of Directors awarded the nearly $1.3 billion construction contract for the Crenshaw Line to Walsh/Shea Corridors Construction. While the decision was unanimous on the dais, it was not a popular one in the room. Dozens of speakers spoke out asking the Board to not award a contract to anyone who would […]

Yes Virginia, there will be a Leimert Park station on the upcoming Crenshaw/LAX Line

By Ted Rogers | May 23, 2013 | 4 Comments

It’s time to declare victory in the battle for a Leimert Park Metro station. In an exceptionally fast-moving turn of events — by government standards, anyway — the Metro Board has voted today to fully fund what had been considered optional Crenshaw/LAX Line stations at Leimert Park and Hindry Ave. The move comes just one day after […]

Ridley-Thomas Survey Shows Strong Support for Slauson Ave. Bike Lane

By Damien Newton | Jan 6, 2012 | 5 Comments

For years, residents surrounding the Slauson Avenue Corridor between La Brea and Angeles Vista have argued that the sad looking street needs an upgrade. What form that upgrade takes is up to debate, some residents want the street changed to allow more cars to move through the corridor while most others want to see the […]

Ridley-Thomas’ Office in Harmony with Metro in Early Community Benefits/Protection Discussion

By Damien Newton | Jul 27, 2011 | 6 Comments

Last week, Metro staff responded to a motion by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas to create a community benefits plan for the Crenshaw Community, especially in the area where the line is scheduled to run at-grade, during construction and operations of the line. The response was a power point presentation showing where the agency currently is in […]

Ridley-Thomas, South L.A., Gearing Up for Fight Over…Light Rail Yards?

By Damien Newton | Jul 22, 2011 | 20 Comments

At first, it looked like a pretty innocuous motion on a Metro Board Planning and Programming Committee Agenda. Item #19, passed quickly and unanimously by the committee, shuffles $170 million in funds dedicated towards Red Line expansion, partially from Measure R, to cover the “unmet costs” to complete the rail yards for Expo Phase II […]

Crenshaw Update: Ridley-Thomas Pushes Community Benefits, Community Weighs Options for Subway/Leimert Station

By Damien Newton | Jun 30, 2011 | 6 Comments

When Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas’ motions to make the Crenshaw Light Rail project run entirely below-grade and to construct a station at Leimert Park both failed, the Board Member promised he would be back with a new motion to improve the project in a different way. At last week’s Metro Board Meeting, Ridley-Thomas introduced a motion […]

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