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Proposed Metro Budget Would Mean a 20 Percent Bus Service Cut
Transit advocates are raising concerns about significant cuts to bus service embedded in Metro's proposed budget.
August 27, 2020
High-Speed Rail Work Continues–as Does the L.A. Times’ Catastrophization
Plus a call for the paper's many unnamed "sources" to get in touch with Streetsblog
August 27, 2020
Muni Meltdown Blamed on Faulty Parts
Overhead wire splices fail once put under full load, knocking out Muni rail.
August 26, 2020
High Speed Rail: Accommodating Freight and Passengers on the L.A.-to-Anaheim Route
Thirty-day comment period open on building new freight facilities to accommodate HSR construction. Also, Burbank-to-LA EIR comment period ending soon
August 25, 2020
Muni Rail Returns – For a Brief Moment
After breakdowns, SFMTA gave up and cancelled rail service again Monday evening
August 25, 2020
Metro Committee Approves $200M Cost Overrun for Purple Line Subway Extension
Tunneling under the La Brea tar pits area is slow and expensive. The overrun of $200M - a seven percent increase - takes the project budget from $2.8 billion to $3.0 billion.
August 24, 2020
Metro Looks to Shift High Desert Freeway Funds to High-Speed Rail
The way L.A. is approaching the High Desert Corridor represents an important turning point: from prioritizing environmentally destructive car-centric transportation to environmentally-friendly rail transportation
August 19, 2020
L.A. City Is Nixing Metro’s Pedestrian-Priority Plans for Union Station
If L.A. won't prioritize walkability at the front door of the region's most heavily-used transit hub and at its historic walkable core, is there anywhere where Angelenos can expect safe and convenient places to walk?
August 14, 2020
Update with SFMTA Director Jeffrey Tumlin
SFMTA director checks in on where things stand in this ongoing, forced transit experiment that is the year 2020
August 12, 2020
May Protest Update: Metro Refused Some Mutual Aid Requests, Most Bus Damage Was Minimal
Metro shuttled LAPD officers, provided 23 buses to police, and reported "62 damaged buses" when only about a dozen sustained significant damage.
August 7, 2020
