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Aug 11, 2022 8 tweets 4 min read
Some of these issues may have occurred in LA Metro’s process for implementing improvements to LA Metro’s second busiest bus corridor, Vermont Ave. From 2011 to 2013, LA Metro studied potential BRT projects, with a 100+ page consultant report identifying Vermont as suitable for a BRT. In 2013, LA Metro’s board directed staff to start advancing plans for a BRT on Vermont.
Nov 8, 2019 5 tweets 3 min read
Metro-relevant excerpted comments from Ron Tutor, CEO of Metro’s largest contractor, Tutor Perini from Q3 Earnings Call on 11/6/2019. Full transcript at fool.com/earnings/call-…

- Purple Line status update: tunneling on both Sections 2 and 3 expected to occur in 2020 - They have won 3 Metro contracts for $3 billion, expect to be awarded a 4th contract for $440 million
- They will bid on WSAB, ESFV and Sepulveda Lines, and LAX Metro Connector station contract ($13 billion total)
- LA Metro projects expected to be the backbone of their business