Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Measure R

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 […]

Off the Agenda: Metro Board Not Talking Bikes or Rail Acceleration This Week

By Damien Newton | Jul 20, 2009 | 6 Comments

Photos: Streetsblog, Sallam Allah/Flickr Last week, two proposals by Metro staff dominated a lot of the Livable Streets discussion in Los Angeles. The first was what seemed to be a proposal to accelerate three rail projects funded by Measure R, the Downtown Connector, Gold Line Eastside Extension 2, and Green Line to LAX. The proposal […]

Measure R Acceleration Plans Aren’t a Political Slam Dunk

By Damien Newton | Jul 14, 2009 | 14 Comments

Graph: Metro via LAist The Internet is abuzz with the news that Mayor Villaraigosa and his allies on the Metro Board are pushing for the acceleration of three transit projects that are partially funded with the now incoming Measure R funds. LAist breaks down the new plans, outlined in a power point presentation for this […]

Everyone Agrees: City Should Use Measure R for Cyclists and Pedestrians

By Damien Newton | Jun 11, 2009 | 3 Comments

Photo via Metro Yesterday, the City Council Transportation Committee met and had it’s first substantive discussion of what to do with the un-restricted transportation dollars the city will receive as part of the Measure R Local Return funds. The news was mostly good for the 200 advocates who signed a letter to the Metro Board […]

City Council Talking Local Return on Wednesday: Help Me Prepare

By Damien Newton | Jun 8, 2009 | 6 Comments

Photo of a pedestrian packed Broadway via DLIU Photography/Flickr Let’s rewind to about a year ago. We still weren’t sure whether or not the sales tax measure now known as Measure R would make it to the fall ballot, and activists of all ilk were rallying to try and make certain their favored mode of […]

Metro Debates FY10 Budget, Including Measure R

By Damien Newton | May 27, 2009 | 18 Comments

Photo of Ansaldo-Breda built High Speed Rail Car via Jimcb/Flickr Tomorrow is the fourth Thursday of the month, and that means it’s time for another packed agenda for another Metro Board agenda. The agenda is dominated by the adoption of Metro’s FY10 Budget and various side items such as the next chapter in the controversy […]

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