Santa Monica Pier is set to light up the night again with Glow on Saturday, September 28. Taking place from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. the next morning, the heart of Santa Monica will be transformed into a massive outdoor museum with 15 site-specific, interactive art projects that will illuminate the [continue reading]
Here’s something to cure your post-summer blues: after three long months, CicLAvia is back this Oct. 6, allowing bicyclists, pedestrians, skateboarders and others the rare opportunity to explore miles of L.A. city streets sans cars. The planned “Heart of L.A.” route consists of 7.5 miles of protected roadways in downtown [continue reading]
During Bike Week LA, we collected nominations for the Golden Pedal Awards, Metro’s annual competition for great stories about bicycling. We’re featuring these stories in a Why You Ride series – because for many Angelenos, every week is Bike Week! Maria Sipin was nominated by her sister Andrea for maintaining [continue reading]
em>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! For those who didn’t go to the Paul McCartney show on Hollywood Boulevard last night or watch it on Jimmy [continue reading]
Back in season 3, Modern Family took on Metro Rail. Now they’re trying to get the attention of bus riders…so be on the lookout for Phil Dunphy on a bus bench near you! These benches are scattered around L.A. County and we want to know which buses pass by them. If [continue reading]
The federal government may or may not be open for business one week from tomorrow. That is potentially a problem for Metro and many other transit agencies that are receiving or are set to secure funding for transportation projects and other programs. Here’s the latest update from Metro’s government relations [continue reading]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg1yuDbRa1c] The 38th Metro Bus Roadeo finals took place this past Saturday, and the winning bus operator, Juan Navarro, hails from Division 3. By coming in first, Navarro will represent Metro at the Southern California Regional Bus Roadeo, which will take place next spring. Last year Metro’s bus operator placed first [continue reading]
Reaching another milestone for the for the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project, Metro, Caltrans and contractor Kiewit Infrastructure West have opened a brand new, longer and safer “flyover” ramp at the Wilshire/I-405 interchange in Westwood. The southbound I-405 offramp to eastbound Wilshire Boulevard officially was open for its very first [continue reading]
A media event was held at the Blue Line’s Willowbrook station on Monday morning — please see the above video. Here are safety stats we posted last month and below is the news release from Metro: September is suicide prevention month Fatal accidents plummet on Metro Blue Line, but suicide [continue reading]
Photos by Lily Allen/Metro This past Saturday was the Made in LA bike ride, and hundreds turned out to enjoy a great morning out! Were you out there? Tweet us your photos or tag us on Instagram @metrolosangeles! And keep your bikes in good shape for the upcoming CicLAvia!
