Metropolitan Transit Authority

Aug 4 2011

Meeting set for today

A community discussion of transit district and transit-oriented development for Inglewood will be held Aug. 4 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Jazz Gallery located at 122 N. Market St. in downtown.

Hosted by the Coalition for Sustainable Inglewood Development (CSID), this discussion will present a planning process on how to create transit-oriented development districts that reflect what all stakeholders want for the future of Inglewood. 

Apr 29 2011

Peak travel hours

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is lifting its policy banning bicycles on light rail and subway cars during peak travel hours.

The MTA board also voted to spend about $1 million to remove five to six seats on Gold and Green line light rail cars to make more room for bikes.

"MTA is helping bicycles become a more viable mode of transportation in Los Angeles County,'' said Dave Sotero, an MTA spokesman. "This is a progressive move.''

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Apr 21 2011

Leimert Park stop sought

A series of meetings that will determine the fate of the Crenshaw/LAX Light Rail will be held today at noon and April 28 at 9 a.m. at the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) boardroom.
At the meeting today, Metro officials on the Measure R Project Delivery Committee will review a proposal by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas to make sure there is a train station in the Leimert Park area either at Vernon Avenue or the parking lot of 43rd Street; and to take the line underground from Exposition to Florence.

Jan 21 2011

From San Diego to the Bay Area

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—More than $30 million in federal stimulus funds has been set aside for buying property and doing other preliminary work in the Los Angeles area for a high-speed rail system that would run from San Diego to the Bay Area, transit officials announced.

California High-Speed Rail Authority and Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials said the money might be used to buy Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, where three segments of the line would converge.

Nov 30 2010

Layoffs also expected

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The cash-strapped Metropolitan Transportation Authority will eliminate nine bus lines and reduce service on several others starting Dec. 12.

Metro spokesman Rick Jager said the cuts will save $30 million a year, and are part of a package—along with layoffs and the cancellation or deferral of certain projects—to close an operating deficit of $250 million this fiscal year.

Five Metro Rapid lines and four local lines will be canceled, and their service reallocated to other other lines operating along the same corridors.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.