Tag: Phil Washington

July 2, 2018

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (Metro) big picture plan, Metro Vision 2028, which explains the strategies the agency plans to use to improve mobility and quality of life across Los Angeles County over the next decade, was approved […]

May 30, 2018

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) released a new report, titled “How to Pass a Mega Transportation Measure,” to provide lessons learned to transportation agencies and other stakeholders considering pursuit of a ballot measure to increase local transportation […]

April 30, 2018

On any given weekday morning, about the time the sun peeks over the mountains that ring Los Angeles County, hundreds of Metro buses roll from their divisions and begin a long day crisscrossing the region’s wide boulevards and endless freeways. […]

March 29, 2018

The California Transportation Commission (CTC) approved the programming of $482 million in State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) funding that will be used for a variety of transportation projects throughout the region including the SR-138 Highway Project, the East San Fernando […]

February 26, 2018

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) joined local, state, and federal officials to break ground on Section 2 of the Metro Purple Line Extension Project that will add 2.6-miles of new subway service to downtown Beverly Hills and […]

December 21, 2017

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) received an unsolicited proposal from AECOM and John Laing to bring advanced cutting-edge mobility technologies and next generation bus rapid transit to the Vermont Avenue Transit Corridor through a public-private partnership (P3). […]

December 4, 2017

With the Olympic and Paralympic Games coming to the Los Angeles region in summer 2028, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is working on a “Twenty-Eight by ‘28” Initiative to ensure that 28 key road, transit, and bicycle/pedestrian […]

March 27, 2017

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) contracted with China Railway Rolling Stock Corp. to build 64 new railcars for the Metro Red and Purple Lines, a major procurement that will bring new manufacturing jobs to the Los Angeles […]