Earlier this year, a Seattle transit parking infographic map made the rounds. Created by Zach Shaner at Seattle Transit Blog, the map is helpful for visualizing the urban to suburban mix of station uses, and understanding the investments that Seattle’s transit agency is planning.
In the year since Phoenix voters approved a sales-tax increase to pay for transportation projects, the city has budgeted and spent millions of dollars for new buses, extra transit service and light-rail construction. The amenities are part of Transportation 2050, a $31.5 billion plan that went to voters in August 2015 as Proposition 104.
The vote on Measure M—a ballot measure that will ask voters to increase the countywide sales tax to fund public transit projects—is just over a month away. A big change is being made that could draw more support from voters in West Hollywood.
Transportation officials announced an aggressive plan Wednesday to take 100,000 cars off the streets of Los Angeles County in five years. Metro and the city’s Department of Transportation, along with representatives from Uber and Lyft, have joined the Shared-Use Mobility Center to back the goal.
More than two-thirds of riders on the recently opened Expo Line Phase II to Santa Monica are new to the train line and more than 40 percent of them switched to transit from driving alone, according to a survey released this week by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.