Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bus Rider’s Union

BRU: No Fare Hikes Without Public Process

By Damien Newton | Feb 24, 2010 | 34 Comments

Image of "Times": Strategy Center/Flickr Earlier this morning, the Bus Rider’s Union rallied at the Wilshire/Western Transit Station to urge the Metro Board to not go forward with planned fare hikes for Metro bus and rail services until a full public hearing schedule is announced and executed. In May of 2007, the Metro Board adopted […]

Activists Respond to DASH Cuts and Hikes. LADOT Schedules Public Hearings

By Damien Newton | Jan 20, 2010 | 5 Comments

Photo:Tingwananpar/Flickr As the Los Angeles Department of Transportation prepares for five public hearings next month and in early March, activists are responding to their proposed series of cuts and fare hikes that will close the city’s budget hole…at least when it comes to it’s transit services. Unlike the reaction we saw two years ago when […]

Metro Board Preview: Long Range Transportation Plan, Federal Funding, Measure R and One More Time with AnsaldoBreda

By Damien Newton | Oct 21, 2009 | 10 Comments

Image: Metro via I Will Ride Tomorrow the Metro Board will meet and is widely expected to finally pass the Long Range Transportation Plan, which just like the city’s Draft Bike Plan, was the subject of public hearings in the early winter of 2008 and hasn’t been subject to much public scrutiny since. Many Board […]

Bus Rider’s Union: Metro Bus Service Barely Passes (Updated, 5:29 P.M.)

By Damien Newton | Aug 28, 2009 | 20 Comments

For more from today’s press conference, check out the LA Streetsblog Flickr page. <editor’s note: Metro provided a response to the BRU Survey which can be found just before the jump. Also, since we already have a thread where people make their feelings clear on the BRU, can we try and keep the comments focused […]

BRU Joins National Effort to Raise Federal Funds for Transit Operations

By Damien Newton | Jul 22, 2009 | 27 Comments

For more images from today’s efforts by the BRU, visit the LA Streetsblog Flickr Page The Bus Rider’s Union gathered signatures outside of the Wilshire-Western Subway stop this morning, joining advocates around the country in building support for Federal Legislation H.R. 2746, which would allow transit agencies to spend more of their federal funds on […]

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