Pedestrian View Of Los Angeles: MTA officials set to vote on toll lanes, transit plans and a $300-million rail contract (Source: LA Times)

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Thursday, July 23, 2009

MTA officials set to vote on toll lanes, transit plans and a $300-million rail contract (Source: LA Times)

Link: MTA officials set to vote on toll lanes, transit plans and a $300-million rail contract | L.A. Now | Los Angeles Times

MTA officials set to vote on toll lanes, transit plans and a $300-million rail contract
5:30 AM | July 23, 2009

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board will weigh a long-delayed vote on whether to extend the contract options of the Italian firm AnsaldoBreda, which wants to build 100 more light-rail cars worth about $300 million. The firm has said that if it gets the deal, it will build the cars at a manufacturing plant in downtown Los Angeles.

The board will also consider a $271-billion spending plan for the next 30 years that will lay out mass transit projects in Los Angeles County.

And finally, it is expected to set the tolls for solo motorists who use proposed high-speed occupancy lanes on the 110 and 10 freeways.

-- Dan Weikel and Maeve Reston