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The Source ponders Measure J's loss at the polls
Everyone loves to analyze elections — before they happen, while they're happening and the morning after. I'm no different. In 2008, I covered Measure R for the Los Angeles Times from the outside...
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Metro sends inquiry to Washington about use of TIFIA loans for two projects
TIFIA letter of interest Perhaps the most notable part of the last federal transportation bill was a significant expansion of a federal loan program called TIFIA. In essence, the program uses the...
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Metro seeking to persuade Congress to expand America Fast Forward program
View this document on Scribd It was a huge victory last year when Congress approved part of Metro’s America Fast Forward program in the latest federal transportation spending bill. The expansion of...
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Transportation headlines, Friday, Jan. 18
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email...
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America Fast Forward gets another thumbs up review; check out list of loan...
Will Congress expand America Fast Forward? Metro hopes so. Photo by Andy Withers, via Flickr creative commons. First, a point of emphasis: the America Fast Forward program to expand federal funding to...
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Explaining the other half of America Fast Forward: transportation bonds
Click above to view larger. Metro last year scored a win when Congress adopted part of the America Fast Forward initiative, expanding a federal loan program called TIFIA that offers low-interest,...
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Transportation headlines, Thursday, Feb. 14; subway romance, Burbank’s...
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email...
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Obama Administration endorses America Fast Forward bonds program
Some outstanding news today: President Obama has endorsed the America Fast Forward bonds proposal as part of his plan to improve the nation's infrastructure. The White House fact sheet is below and...
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Mayors across the United States show their support for America Fast Forward...
MayoralLetterAFFBonds4-30-13 The America Fast Forward initiative got a nice boost last week when the U.S. Conference of Mayors issued a letter (above) to Congress supporting Metro’s attempt to create...
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Here is the Metro staff report on new project acceleration plan to be...
Metro project acceleration plan The Metro Board of Directors this month will consider a project acceleration plan that, on average, would lop an average of 10 years off the time it takes to build...
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Metro CEO Art Leahy testified to U.S. Senate committee on importance of TIFIA...
Metro EPW Testimony 072413 Metro CEO Art Leahy today testified in Washington D.C. in front of the U.S. Senate’s Environment & Public Works Committee; his testimony is above. The topic was an...
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Transportation headlines, Friday, July 26
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Transportation Headlines online newspaper, which you...
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Update on federal transportation dollars at risk because of state pension reform
Some readers may have been following a difficult issue for Metro in recent weeks. The U.S. Department of Labor has indicated that it believes that pension reform legislation in California (known as...
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State of California proposes legislation to keep federal transit funds...
Some good news: it appears that a temporary solution has emerged to prevent Metro from losing $3.6 billion in federal funds due to an ongoing dispute over pension reform between the state of California...
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Measure R committee OKs recommendation to advance TIFIA loan financing for...
The Measure R Independent Oversight Committee this morning approved Metro’s financing plan aimed at securing $160 million in federal Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (TIFIA) loans...
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And so it begins: ground is broken for 8.5-mile Crenshaw/LAX Line
Click to view slideshow. The groundbreaking of the Crenshaw/LAX Line was held Tuesday morning adjacent to the Expo Line’s Crenshaw station. Video is coming later today and we posted to our Twitter and...
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Video of this morning’s groundbreaking event for the Crenshaw/LAX Line
And here is video of this morning’s groundbreaking for the Crenshaw/LAX Line. There are nice comments about mobility — and the need for more of it — from U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx,...
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Federal government approves $670-million grant and $160-million loan for...
Officials from Metro and the Federal Transit Administration signed a pair of agreements Thursday that will provide a $670-million federal grant and a $160-million federally-backed loan for the...
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And here’s the FTA news release on the funding agreements for the Regional...
From left: Former Metro Board Member Richard Katz, Rep. Xavier Becerra, Santa Monica Mayor and Metro Board Member Pam O’Connor, L.A. Councilmember and Metro Board Member Paul Krekorian, Metro Board...
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Video from this morning’s Regional Connector event
Here’s our original post along with the Metro news release. And here’s the FTA’s news release. And the non-government view of things? Here’s the L.A. Times article.
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