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L.A. Philharmonic concerned about potential subway noise
Nothing in the Los Angeles Philharmonic's repertoire calls for 135-ton trains. The orchestra aims to keep it that way when Metro light rail cars start rumbling through a subway tunnel near Walt Disney Concert Hall. Experts who know the hall's...
Tags: Music, Zev Yaroslavsky, Entertainment, Science and Technology, Arts
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Bike Week L.A.: Countywide activities for cyclists get underway
To the cyclists among us: Happy Bike Week. Monday marks the start of Bike Week L.A., an annual slate of events that celebrates bicycle culture and encourages Angelenos to use their pedals more. This week's activities, put on by the Los Angeles...
Tags: Bike Week, Travel, Advertising, Transportation
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Delays, costs build up for 405 Freeway project in L.A.
Linda Rose was commuting home from UCLA through the Sepulveda Pass in December 2011 when she noticed that several panels of a tall retaining wall just west of the 405 Freeway had crumpled. "It was like it was there the day before, and it wasn't there...
Tags: The Getty, California Department of Transportation, Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition, Highway Transportation
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L.A. Now Live: 405 Freeway widening woes to continue
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has formally acknowledged the completion of the widening of the Sepulveda Pass on the 405 Freeway will be delayed at least 13 months. Projected date for completion is now mid-2014. A variety...
Tags: PayPal, Inc., Hybrid Vehicles, SpaceX
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Letters: Who should build California's bullet train?
Re "Bullet train bid rules altered," April 19 Thanks to The Times for letting us know that a troubled bid led by Sylmar-based Tutor Perini might win the contract to build the first phase of California's high-speed rail system against much more...Tags: Spain, Railway Transportation
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Boyle Heights development planned along Gold Line clears a hurdle
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Thursday approved exclusive negotiation rights for a mixed-use commercial and affordable-housing complex next to the Metro Gold Line tracks in Boyle Heights. The Metro board voted 10-1 to...Tags: Jose Huizar, Gloria Molina, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Antonio Villaraigosa
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Tangled wire disrupts service on Blue, Expo lines near downtown
L.A. NOWBlue Line and Expo Line tracks were closed near downtown Los Angeles after a train got tangled with an overhead wire, causing a power outage.... -
Letters: Ideas for a more livable L.A.
Re "Broken civic promise," Critic's Notebook, March 3 I was glad to read Christopher Hawthorne's piece on Los Angeles' missed opportunities, miscalculations and wrong choices regarding the creation of our public spaces and public transit systems....
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Subway Transportation Industry, Eli Broad, Travel, Subway Transportation
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A decade of trying to raise L.A.'s sales tax
The half-cent sales tax increase proposal on the March 5 ballot known as Proposition A has been around for a long time in many guises, sometimes as a county tax, sometimes a city tax. Threats and reasons offered by Los Angeles city officials have...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Government, Public Officials, Los Angeles Police Department, Janice Hahn
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'Angelenos Against Gridlock' protests delays in 405 widening
L.A. NOW'Angelenos Against Gridlock' protests delays in 405 widening... -
New toll lanes open after midnight on San Bernardino Freeway
L.A. NOWThe county’s first venture into tollroads will continue with the opening of 14 miles of express lanes on the San Bernardino Freeway—the second project of its type to begin operation since November.... -
Flawed light rail junction near downtown L.A. closes for repairs
L.A. NOWTrain service through the busiest light-rail junction in L.A. County will be halted so repairs can be made to a flawed section of track that has caused problems since early 2010....
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