Downtown Streetcar

Streetcars in Downtown's Future?

By Eric Richardson — December 06, 2005
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This morning the Red Car Advisory Committee met to discuss the status of the ongoing feasibility study. The group, which I've mentioned previously, heard a presentation from the IBI Group, the consultants on the study, and then discussed how the project moves forward as it leaves this phase. A little background, for those of you joining this story late: Los...


Imagining Red Car Routes

By Eric Richardson — September 06, 2005
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Picturing Red Car Routes

I took a little time away from the computer this weekend and watched college football (it was a nice start for the Trojans), so hopefully that's enough of an excuse for why I'm posting today about happenings last Wednesday. In any case, Wednesday morning the CCA hosted a meeting of the Red Car Advisory Board I first mentioned back in June. The CRA's feasibility...


First Meeting of Red Car Board

By Eric Richardson — June 06, 2005
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The first meeting of the reinvigorated LA Red Car Advisory Board was tonight. I was asked to participate as a residential / student voice, so I'll try to keep people up to date on the issues that could affect those stakeholder groups as the process goes along. This Board will be interacting with the IBI Group, the consultants doing the CRA's feasibility study...


Red Car Study Ready to Roll

By Eric Richardson — April 11, 2005

This week's Downtown News also includes a short notice that a consultant has been selected for the Downtown Red Car Study. If you remember back to December, I covered the release of the RFP. Now the interesting part starts, as the consultant begins to do public outreach and look into feasibility. $100k isn't a whole lot of money for a study, but it's a good...


Downtown: Red Car RFP

By Eric Richardson — December 06, 2004

CRA/LA (Community Redevelopment Agency) just posted the RFP (Request for Proposals) for their downtown Red Car study. Basically, this is will be a $100,000 study to "provide recommended development approaches for the resurrection of downtown red car trolley services." The RFP going out means that the study is about eight months away from completion, figuring...