In anticipation of Bike Week L.A. May 12-18, 2014, Metro has launched a new bicycle ad campaign entitled “Every Day is a Bike Day” to encourage more Angelenos to bicycle for every day transportation. Running on county billboards, the Internet and Metro buses from May through July 2014, the new [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! ART OF TRANSIT: Okay, this isn’t the train station we’ve been featuring prominently on this blog in recent weeks. Union Terminal in Cincinnati was completed [continue reading]
This is the seventh in a series of posts on the history of Union Station that we are running this month. The station celebrates its 75th anniversary on May 3. Tucked in a low-profile corner of the Union Station complex are a half dozen or so glittery antique rail cars [continue reading]
Don’t forget to join Metro for a one-hour live chat on Tuesday, April 29 at 6 p.m. to discuss the upcoming full street closures that will take place due to Crenshaw/LAX construction. Project director Charles Beauvoir will answer questions regarding travel options for pedestrians, motorists, business owners and the general public during the Crenshaw Boulevard closures. Crenshaw Blvd. will be closed [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Metro adds monthly fee for toll road drivers (L.A. Times) As part of an approval to continue the ExpressLanes beyond next January — pending approval of [continue reading]
Here’s the press release from Metro: The I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project contractor is planning to conduct a daytime single lane closure and night-time full closure of the northbound I-405 in West Los Angeles and the Sepulveda Pass the weekend of May 2-5, 2014. The contractor plans to remove and [continue reading]
Early Monday morning, Metro’s contractor quietly completed lane restriping and freeway sign installation work needed to open an initial 2.4-mile section of northbound 405 carpool lane between the Santa Monica Freeway and Wilshire Boulevard. But hold on: it’s not the official opening yet of the full carpool lane. The remainder [continue reading]
Friday, 9 p.m.: Some good news for Gold Line riders. Metro’s repair team has cleared one of the tracks between Sierra Madre Villa and Lake stations, allowing limited service to be restored between those stations. What do we mean by limited? While trains will run every 10 minutes between Atlantic [continue reading]
FINAL UPDATE 8:15 p.m.: The Red and Purple Lines are resuming normal service, as the earlier police investigation at Civic Center/Grand Park has been resolved. UPDATE 4:50 p.m.: The Red and Purple Lines are currently experiencing major delays due to the police investigation following this afternoon’s train-trespasser incident. Red Line [continue reading]
Here are a few of the more noteworthy items tackled by the Metro Board of Directors at their monthly meeting earlier today: •Item 7; The Board adopted the First/Last Mile Strategic Plan and stations to serve as pilot program areas. The Board also approved a companion motion by Board Member Zev Yaroslavsky asks Metro to [continue reading]
