Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Mike Antonovich

It Might be Hot, but Antonovich Wants It HOTter on the Westside

By Damien Newton | Jul 1, 2013 | 28 Comments

Just when you thought the I-405 Widening Project through the Sepulveda Pass couldn’t get less popular. Last week, news broke slowly that then Metro Board Chair and County Supervisor Mike Antonovich wants Metro staff to examine whether or not it makes sense for the HOV lanes on the I-405 to become High Occupancy Toll Lanes […]

The High Desert Corridor Is Back, and This Time It Includes Bikeways?

By Damien Newton | Nov 21, 2012 | 4 Comments

Returning from paternity leave, I made a joke promise that if Supervisor Mike Antonovich’s office would get behind a transit line for the High Desert Corridor, a proposed new freeway connecting Highway 14 in Los Angeles County to Highway 18 in San Bernardino County, Streetsblog would give a week of exclusive coverage to the area he represents […]

Shakeup at Metrolink Board: Najarian Out. Ridley-Thomas In?

By Damien Newton | Jul 19, 2012 | 8 Comments

One of the powers of the Chair of the Metro Board of Directors, is the right to appoint three members to the Board of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, commonly known as Metrolink. Supervisor Mike Antonovich, who took over as Metro Board Chair on July 1, wasted no time in exercising that power, replacing […]

What High Speed Rail Funding Bill Means for Southern California in the Next Decade

By Damien Newton | Jul 10, 2012 | 19 Comments

(High Speed Rail is a hot topic on the Streetsblogs. For more check out CA Senate Approves Funds for High-Speed Rail, Commuter Rail Upgrades at Streetsblog San Francisco, A Victory for CA High Speed Rail but Still a Long Fight Ahead by “Streetsblog.net” director Angie Schmitt) Last week, the State Senate and Assembly passed legislation […]

Mike Antonovich’s Tortured Point and How the Mayor Should Have Reacted

By Damien Newton | Apr 20, 2012 | 15 Comments

Yesterday, at a meeting of the Metro Board of Directors Construction Committee, L.A. County Supervisor Mike Antonovich became the first public official to throw cold water on Mayor Villaraigosa’s transit dreams by denouncing plans to place an extension of the Measure R half cent transportation sales tax indefinitely. Much of the coverage of Antonovich’s complaints have […]