West Santa Ana Branch expected to come to board for approval of a preferred alternative. Caltrans and Army Corps of Engineers cooperating agencies - due to 105 Freeway station and river crossings.
Torrance Green Line Extension: Metro doing "virtual walks" events - design work continuing - working with railroads, cities, +
Sepulveda Transit Corridor - scoping meetings coming up in December/January
NoHo-Pasadena BRT project - "outstanding issues" in Burbank and Eagle Rock. Metro meeting with ER businesses. Burbank concerns about bus lane - Metro developed alternative option there.
North San Fernando Valley BRT project - "continue additional analysis" - sounds pretty vague - not promising
@HildaSolis supportive of WSAB, suggest pursuing federal New Starts funding. Asks about Rio Hondo confluence station - staff says they are looking to not build that station, but leave space for it to be added without a lot of difficulty
@HildaSolis@AraJNajarian expresses that he is disappointed with Burbank not welcoming BRT - says he and @kathrynbarger and their staff are in the trenches working to resolve the situation
Item received and filed by committee
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Villanueva criticizes Metro Public Safety Advisory Committee members - who voted against extending Metro transit policing - says "this is the definition of a woke advisory group"
Villanueva displays list of PSAC members with questionable "woke" affiliations highlighted - including "racial justice," "equity," "civil rights," and even: "urban planner"
Highway Program head Abdollah Ansari introducing item - he is presenting saying that Metro will take on highway projects that cities are not getting done - also working on Caltrans highways. Says Metro received a grant for a VMT (vehicle miles traveled) study
(Ansari sounds excited to build freeways - then
stumbles/pauses/grasps for words when he's talking about studying VMT.)
Metro Plan Cmte meeting - now on to #OpenStreets / Slow Street grants item: $5 million to 13 new Open and Slow Streets events scheduled through December 2023