May29No Comments
Garcetti nominates shipping executive as Port of Los Angeles director
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Tuesday nominated a veteran shipping company executive to become director of the Port of Los Angeles, the nation’s busiest harbor for container cargo. If approved by the City Council, Gene Seroka, 49, head of the...
Apr21No Comments
Beyond Freeways: Commerce, Community, and Contention along Los Angeles’s 710 Corridor
How a freeway crushes communities, how residents are fighting back plans to make it even bigger, and what alternatives have been presented to yet more of the same…. Read the full article
Nov21No Comments
Cost of terminal upgrade at Port of Los Angeles doubled over 4 years
The price tag for a major container terminal upgrade at the Port of Los Angeles has more than doubled over the last four years, caused in large part by major design changes OK’d without the approval of city elected officials. Read the full article...
Nov18No Comments
Bipartisan BRIDGE Act Bridges Infrastructure Investment Gap
Washington, D.C. (November 15, 2013) – General President of LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America – Terry O’Sullivan, praised the Building and Renewing Infrastructure for Development and Growth in Employment Act, introduced...
Nov12No Comments
In New Orleans, Obama pushes exports
President Obama headed to the Port of New Orleans on Friday to call on Congress to get behind his plan to pour tens of billions of dollars into the nation’s infrastructure, action that he says is crucial to bolster U.S. exports. The visit to New...
Nov12No Comments
Obama Promotes Ambitious Plan to Overhaul Nation’s Infrastructure
MIAMI — President Obama came to the congested ocean port here on Friday to promote his plans to rebuild the nation’s “raggedy” roads, bridges, schools and other infrastructure with a marriage of public and private investment. At the end of a week...
Sep10No Comments
Will City Hall Torpedo the Port of Los Angeles?
LA WATCHDOG - The Port of Los Angeles is a major economic component of the Southern California economy, responsible, along with Port of Long Beach, for economic activity that supports over 900,000 jobs. However, the Port has run into strong headwinds...
Aug15No Comments
Mayor Garcetti Appoints LA City’s First International Trade Director
This month TPR sat down with Stephen Cheung, the Mayor of Los Angeles’ first Director of International Trade, to discuss the purview and capacity of the new position, which coordinates between the Port of Los Angeles, LAX, and City Hall. With trade...
Aug08No Comments
Obama, on ‘Tonight,’ says he’ll push Republicans on infrastructure
President Barack Obama on Tuesday told “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno that he’s going to “keep on pushing Republicans” to work with him on infrastructure investment, taking a favorite fight to a national TV audience. “We’ve got a bunch of...
Aug08No Comments
New House Caucus Focuses on Public Private Partnerships and their Role in Transportation Infrastructure
Congressional representatives this week announced the creation of a new House caucus that will focus on building and maintaining the nation’s transportation infrastructure through the increase of public private partnerships across the country. The...