LABONGE EYES LOT TO AID PARKING USING PARCEL COULD EASE TIGHT SUPPLY AT STATION.Byline: Lisa Mascaro Staff Writer With the opening of the Orange Line, the already limited parking options at the North Hollywood Hollywood. 1 Community within the city of Los Angeles, S Calif., on the slopes of the Santa Monica Mts.; inc. 1903, consolidated with Los Angeles 1910. subway subway: see rapid transit. subway Underground railway system used to transport passengers within urban and suburban areas. The first subway line, 3. station have prompted city officials to consider developing a new parking lot to meet the demand from commuters. City Councilman Tom LaBonge Tom LaBonge (b. Los Angeles 1953), member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 4th district. He has served since 2001, taking over the position upon the death of John Ferraro. is eyeing the 1.8-acre parcel that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority owns at Lankershim Boulevard and Weddington Street, just south of the Orange Line terminus Terminus (tûr`mĭnəs), in ancient Rome, both the boundary markers between properties and the name of the god who watched over boundaries. and cater- cornered to the Red Line subway stop. He won support this week from the council's Transportation Committee, which asked the city Department of Transportation and the MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. to report back next month on the feasibility of a new parking lot. ``There's so much momentum with the Orange Line,'' LaBonge said. ``To get any additional parking for the Red Line and the Orange Line will take the blues away from the people who come to park.'' Subway riders have long complained that the 900-space North Hollywood lot fills up so early on weekday mornings that commuters have to get up before dawn if they want to ride the train downtown. With the opening of the Orange Line in October, concerns have been raised that even more transit patrons will be trying to park in North Hollywood, the busway's eastern terminus, despite 3,200 other spaces along the route. MTA officials said they're willing to consider developing the parcel, but want the city to help pay for it. ``The key question is getting new funding and to what extent we have that in our budget and to what extent the city might help us out,'' said Kevin Michel Michel named after Gaston Michel, a French surgeon (1875-1937). Michel clip metal skin sutures in various sizes from 8 to 16 mm long. Each clip is a 2 mm wide band of metal with a downturned sharp prong at each end. , MTA's director of San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. area planning. ``We recognize at this point there's a lot of demand at North Hollywood. We're willing to give it an honest look.'' The lot was used for years as a construction staging area staging area n. A place where troops or equipment in transit are assembled and processed, as before a military operation. Noun 1. for the Red Line subway and then the Orange Line busway. Officials say it could accommodate more than 100 parking spaces. Previous estimates had put the development cost at roughly $1 million, but Michel said it would likely be higher because of escalating construction costs. The MTA also is trying to get more riders to use the other underused lots along the Orange Line route, such as the 1,000-space Sepulveda station lot. ``We haven't given our Park and Ride lots very much time to let people get familiar with them,'' Michel said. He hopes riders will do as plenty of veteran subway riders say they have been doing: parking closer to home in the lots at the Winnetka or Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). stations, for example, instead of competing for parking in North Hollywood. Lisa Mascaro, (818) 713-3761 lisa.mascaro(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo, map Photo: City Councilman Tom LaBonge hopes to use this former construction staging area for a new Park and Ride lot. David Sprague/Staff Photographer Map: Red Line Metro parking property Daily News |
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