A View of Metro's NextGen Bus Study Public Workshops

If you haven't heard, Metro is undergoing a redesign of its comprehensive bus network.

The last update was 25 years ago, and so it makes sense to give the whole system a fresh look.

There have been a series of "public workshops" where you can come and check out what is happening and give your feedback.  I went to the public workshop in West Hollywood, and took photos.   This photo below shows the data screen that I found utterly fascinating.

Using location data accumulated from our cell phones as they travel with us via car, rail, bus, bike, and by foot, Metro has acquired data on what trips people are making and where, and at what times during the day.  An 11:00 p.m. map would look very different than a 7:00 AM map or a 3:00 PM map.  It's great this data exists.

There have been several NextGen Bus Study public workshops around the County thus far, and there are a few more still to come:

Pasadena - January 24th
Downtown Los Angeles - January 26th
Inglewood - January 31st
Van Nuys - February 6th

For more information about the NextGen Bus Study, please click here.

I encourage you to get involved and give your input on how Metro should deploy its 7 million service hours of bus service.  The system changes are scheduled to begin rolling out at the end of 2019.
Below are some more photos from the NextGen public workshop held in West Hollywood.

Originally published January 24, 2018
  

A New Map of Metro's Future by Thomas Dorsey

Thomas Dorsey sent me a map of what the Los Angeles Metro Map will look like in 2040.

Isn’t this beautiful?. I may print it out and sleep with it under my pillow. What a dream if we could build it all by the 2028 Olympics?

So while everyone on Christmas Eve sleeps with visions of sugar plumbs, I'll be dreaming of this.

Originally published December 23, 2018
  

New Metro Legend for Rail Lines and Busways Coming

Metro Los Angeles is changing from a colors to alphabet letters when naming its rail lines and busways. once the Regional Connector project goes online Downtown.  Soon we won't just "Take the A Train:" to Harlem in Manhattan.  We will take it when we are "thinking of heading uptown" from Long Beach to downtown L.A.

So I am assuming it will be the "C" train extended north to West Hollywood and Hollywood eventually.  Of course, letters may change or be added and alignment grow and new operational routes become possible.  Here is a look at the system -- in progress.

What do you think?

Originally published on December 11, 2018
  

New West Hollywood Transportation Video

Here is a great video created by the City of West Hollywood about various transportation options provided by the City.

Measure M Passes!!! Woo Hoo!

Congratulations, Los Angeles County!

Measure M has just passed with near 70% of the vote, enabling a massive and needed expansion of our transit network, combined with the funds raised from Measure R back in 2008.

Measure M also contains needed money for pothole repair, highway fixes, street light fixes, etc.  17% of the money raised will go back to localities for their municipal needs and there will be a dedicated funding stream for "active transportation" (walking/cycling).

This is a dream come true for any transit planner or transit advocate in Los Angeles.





More mobility will be great for the overall economy and people's individual economies, as the County only continues to densify and grow more populous in the decades ahead.   But why wait for these transit and road projects to be completed to enjoy economic benefits?  Here are the "shovel ready" projects ready to go.





Let the good times roll!

YES on Measure M in November.

I enthusiastically endorse Los Angeles County Measure M in November.

It will allow us to complete and upgrade our Metrorail network.

Every part of Los Angeles County will benefit.  It allows 17% of the revenue collected to go back to local communities for local projects such as fixing potholes.  West Hollywood is projected to receive $509,000 annually from this Measure.

2% of the funds go toward "active transportation", which means better sidewalks for pedestrians and better pathways for cyclists.

Check out Metro's Measure M site for yourself.

Measure M will cause a great increase in mobility, economic development and prosperity.

Vote YES on Measure M.



WHAM (West Hollywood Advocates for Metro Rail)

West Hollywood is putting its efforts on bringing the Metrorail to West Hollywood through an alignment connecting the under construction Crenshaw/LAX line with the Hollywood/Highland Red Line station.

Full disclosure.  I joined WHAM.  www.whamrail.com 


I hope you do too.