Which Way, L.A.?
The Day the Subway Died
In an emergency management move, the Metropolitan Transit Authority has decided to suspend work on several rail projects for at least six months - perhaps indefinitely. Why did plans get so out of control? What about all that sales tax? Is this enough to get the feds - and federal funds - back on the MTA's side?
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readMayor Richard Riordan: Mayor of Los Angeles. Member of MTA board. Congressman Xavier Beccera: Democratic Congressman representing the 30th District in Los Angeles. Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky: LA County Supervisor. Member of the MTA board. Councilman James Cragin: Councilman in the city of Gardena. Member of the MTA board. Cynthia Kurtz: Assistant city manger and Director of Public Works and Transportation, Pasadena.Arthur V. Sohikian: Former chief lobbyist for the MTA in Washington. Now president of a public relations and government affairs firm, AVS Consulting Inc. Chris Mathis: Organizer, Bus Riders Union. Rick Cole: Southern California Director, Local Government Commission. Amy Pyle: Education Writer, Los Angeles Times.
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