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Metro's chief planning officer retiring
After a long career with Metro, the agency’s chief planning officer Carol Inge announced this week that she will be retiring at the end of the year. Carol is certainly leaving on a high note: last week...
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Metro officials prepare to seek federal money for subway and connector projects
We launched the Source quickly last month in time to report on the October meeting of the Board of Directors. But I wanted to circle back and try to better explain something that happened at the...
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Draft study for Westside Subway Extension released; among the details — it...
The current subway in Los Angeles when it was under construction. Let’s start with this fun fact: When the Westside Subway Extension is built, it will take 25 minutes to travel from Los Angeles Union...
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Grading the freeways
Metro recently completed a big document — hey, we’re government and we like big documents — called the congestion management plan. In short, it’s a state-mandated report that looks at current...
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Is there a Pink Line in the way off future?
The Pink Line blog took a Metro map and added a suggested route for a future transit line. Source: The Pink Line blog. Attentive readers know that Metro staff this week issued their recommended route...
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Scoping meetings to begin for second phase of Foothill Extension
The public meetings begin on Wednesday night for a planned segment of the Gold Line that would run from Azusa to Montclair in the San Gabriel Valley. Details are after the jump. The Gold Line Foothill...
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A question about the proposed Measure R extension: are fare increases imminent?
With the possibility that Los Angeles County voters will be considering a Measure R extension on the November ballot, Metro has been getting a lot of questions from customers and media. The big one:...
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LAX officials offer three potential sites for rail station near airport
Boac121217yLAWA-Metro Coordination Update Some interesting news on Monday from Los Angeles World Airports, the city of L.A. agency that oversees LAX: airport planners for the first time are proposing...
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New Director joins Gold Line Construction Authority Board
Here’s the news release from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the agency building the 11.5 mile extension of the Gold Line from eastern Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border. A...
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Metro to host industry forum on May 1 to discuss public-private partnerships...
Sepulveda Pass Event Invitation On May 1, Metro will host an industry forum for potential concession partners to discuss public-private partnerships that could be used to help build the Sepulveda Pass...
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Metro Board meeting preview: several items — including project acceleration —...
June Board meeting agenda The Metro Board of Directors meeting on Thursday should be both interesting and longer than a cold winter’s night with a broken furnace and no firewood, matches or a blanket....
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Gold Line Foothill Extension kicks off further planning for Phase 2B
Attendees at yesterday’s event for the Gold Line Foothill Extension. The Metro Gold Line Foothill Construction Authority held held an event Wednesday in Claremont to announce the start of further...
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Double dip of good news about progress on Gold Line Foothill Extension
Click to view slideshow. Let’s do a double dip of good news from the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, which is building the 11.5-mile Gold Line extension from eastern Pasadena...
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Transportation headlines, Wednesday, January 22
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Transportation headlines, Tuesday, May 13
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Actions taken today by the Metro Board of Directors
A gastropub is coming to the Fred Harvey Room at Union Station thanks to a lease approved today by the Metro Board of Directors. Photo by Steve Hymon/Metro. A few highlights from the meeting (agenda...
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Transportation headlines, Friday, November 21
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How We Roll, Friday, August 7
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How We Roll, Tuesday, August 18
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How We Roll, Monday, August 31
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