Downtown Streetcar

City Finds Another $1 Million in Streetcar Funding

By Eric Richardson — October 06, 2008 — 8 Comments

Red Streetcar Eric Richardson

The City of Los Angeles got the construction of Upper 2nd Street done significantly under budget, and Councilman Jose Huizar wants to see the $1 million leftover put into the Downtown Streetcar project. The new funds come hot on the heels of $5 million approved by the Community Redevelopment Agency last week. — Continued Inside...


CRA Board Approves $5 Million for Streetcar

By Eric Richardson — October 02, 2008 — 7 Comments

With Traffic Eric Richardson

The Downtown streetcar got its first big infusion of cash today, as the Commissioners of the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) unanimously voted to approve a budget that allocates $5 million toward the project.

CRA staff also presented the board with a potential budget and proposed funding sources for the project, which is estimated to cost $90 million and could be up and running in 2014. — Continued Inside...


CRA to Consider $5 Million in Streetcar Funding on Thursday

By Eric Richardson — September 30, 2008

Portland Streetcar Trip Eric Richardson

The Downtown Streetcar project could get a major boost on Thursday, when the board of the Community Redevelopment Agency considers programming $5 million in funding toward the project this fiscal year. If approved, the funding would provide seed money for engineering and construction activities.

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Broadway Trustees Approve Streetcar Non-Profit

By Eric Richardson — August 15, 2008
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

The concept of a Downtown streetcar took another step forward Friday, as the Bringing Back Broadway Trustees voted to create LA Streetcar, Inc. The organization would be a sole purpose non-profit that would design, build and operate a streetcar system Downtown.


Stakeholders Talk All Things Streetcar at Broadway Workshop

By Eric Richardson — August 14, 2008 — 24 Comments

Broadway Streetcar Workshop Eric Richardson

|Photo Gallery| Today at the New LATC, 120 people gathered to talk about Broadway and how a streetcar might function on the important Downtown corridor. That larger-than-expected crowd included Downtown residents, business and property owners along with representatives from Metro and an array of city departments. The day’s main focus was on discussing how the right-of-way would be broken down between streetcar, automobiles, buses and pedestrians. — Continued Inside...


Thursday: Streetcar Planning Workshop at New LATC

By Eric Richardson — August 12, 2008
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Red Streetcar

Those who don’t work or are able to take a five hour lunch are invited to attend an “Interactive Planning Workshop on the Broadway Streetcar” this Thursday. The free event runs from 10am to 2:30pm, and is being held at the New LATC.


Streetcar Added to Council's Transportation Sales Tax Motion

By Eric Richardson — July 16, 2008
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Portland Streetcar Trip

On Friday, the City Council will consider a motion in support of Metro’s proposed half-cent sales tax for transportation projects, and will submit to Metro a list of projects that it believes should be specifically named for funding. A late entry to the list is the Downtown streetcar, added at the urging of Councilman Jose Huizar.


Streetcar Workshop to Air Saturday

By Eric Richardson — June 13, 2008
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Jim Graebner

Last month, hundreds of people interested in the idea of a Downtown streetcar gathered at the Orpheum Theatre for the Los Angeles Streetcar Workshop. Those who didn’t make it or those who would like to relive the experience will be able to do so tomorrow, June 14th, when LA Cityview 35 airs the conference in its entirety. The fun starts at 4pm, with a...


Streetcar Workshop Afternoon Panels

By Eric Richardson — May 22, 2008 — 10 Comments

Jolene Hayes Eric Richardson

|Photo Gallery| After a hearty lunch, the Los Angeles Streetcar Workshop kicked things back into gear this afternoon. Two panels were slated for the afternoon.

Streetcar 202 looked at the nuts and bolts of options for running streetcar lines. Local Case Studies showed that Downtown isn’t the only place in Southern California looking at streetcar operation. — Continued Inside...


Streetcar Panels #2 & #3

By Eric Richardson — May 22, 2008

Watching Steve Brye's Slides

|Photo Gallery| Panel two of the Los Angeles Streetcar Workshop was a short one, focused on the history of L.A.’s trolley system and an update on the work that’s been done on bringing the streetcar back. Panel three, titled “Ok, but What About…?” brought Downtown leaders to the podium to ask questions of the panelists from the morning opener.