Metro may lose $100 million from the state.
The Daily Breeze reports that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is planning to withhold the money to pay down a $104 million deficit projected for the next fiscal year. This means Metro must look elsewhere to fund projects in Los Angeles County.
The news comes on top of Metro’s own deficits, and the agency is considering raising fares and cutting service on unproductive routes.
James W. Cragin, a former Gardena city councilman who also served on the Metro board through the tumultuous 1990s, died this weekend of cancer. He was 82.
The Metro board meetings were farcical while a tidal wave of problems battered the agency, but the soft-spoken Cragin was above the petty politics and tried very hard to tackle the problems within and outside of the agency.
The Los Angeles Times has a small obituary on him.
The public hearing is 5 p.m. February 8 at the Gas Company Building, 9240 Firestone Blvd., Downey. It is accessible by Metro Local lines 115/315, 127, 266; and DowneyLink lines Northeast, Southwest and Southeast.
Metro has posted its proposed June 2007 service changes for all five service sectors. These are the proposed changes for the South Bay service sector, which includes five route cancellations, several route augmentations and a possible new blue express line.
The public hearing is 9:30 a.m. February 9 at the Carson Community Center, 801 Carson St., Carson. It is accessible by Metro Express lines 446/447, Torrance Transit Line 3 and all Carson Circuit buses.
Metro has posted its proposed June 2007 service changes for all five service sectors. These are the proposed changes for the Westside/Central service sector, which includes a new Rapid bus line, new supplemental express Rapid service, two route cancellations and route length augmentations.
The public hearing is 5 p.m. Valentine’s Day, February 14 at the La Cienega Tennis Center, 325 S. La Cienega Blvd., Beverly Hills. It is accessible by Metro Rapid lines 705 and 720, Express line 550, Limited line 305, and Metro local lines 20/21, 28/328 and 105. (more…)
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