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Preview of L.A. Metro’s Nearly Completed Regional Connector Subway
New downtown L.A. subway due to open in late 2022
April 19, 2022
Looking to Reset Process, Metro to Approve ‘No Build’ Alternative for Lower 710 Freeway Widening
It is pretty unusual for an agency like Metro to spend more than $160 million on freeway widening plans and early projects, then select the "no build" alternative
April 13, 2022
Metro Looking Into Two Bikeway Connections to Union Station
Cyclists could travel first/last mile to/from Union Station via the planned L.A. River path and via an extended esplanade along Alameda Street
March 24, 2022
Most of Metro’s New Crenshaw/LAX Light Rail Line Is Substantially Complete
If all goes well - which hasn't been the case for Crenshaw/LAX so far - the new rail line could open to the public as early as this December, though early 2023 is likely
March 21, 2022
Proposed L.A. Metro FY22-23 Budget: More Freeway Widening, Less Transit Construction
While the Metro FY22-23 budget figures are still in flux, the latest proposal shows a 30 percent increase in freeway expansion and a 9 percent decrease in transit expansion
March 18, 2022
Highway Widening Chief Abdollah Ansari Has Left Metro
Ansari was one of the agency's most rigidly pro-freeway and pro-car-capacity leaders
March 1, 2022
February 2022 Metro Board Meeting Recap: Railyard Overrun, Unarmed Security, and More
Transit policing, B/D Line turnback yard, N. 710 Freeway funding for multi-modal projects, Eastside L Line extension, bike parking, J Line electric buses, and Local Small Business Enterprise Program
March 1, 2022
L.A. Metro Evaluating Phasing Eastside Gold Line Extension to Whittier
The 9-mile Eastside Gold Line light rail extension is expected to cost $6.1-6.5 billion, so construction could be phased, with a shorter initial segment
February 18, 2022
Committee Approves L.A. Metro Station Bike Parking Contract
Metro is upgrading keyed lockers to digital ones, expanding 850 existing station lockers to 1,000 new e-lockers
February 17, 2022
Some Questions About Metro’s Proposed North Hollywood Station Development
NoHo joint development would be great - if it included more affordable housing, less parking, quality bikeway connections, and lots of people walking
February 11, 2022
