Your I-405 update for the weekend from Metro: The I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements contractor will be shifting K-rail, restriping six lanes of traffic and setting K-rail in the freeway median on the nights of Saturday, September 14, 2013, and Sunday September 15. This work will require a full closure of [continue reading]
Photos courtesy of City of Compton The official ribbon cutting of the Blue Line Farmers’ Market took place this past Wednesday. Major Aja Brown and Compton City Council are fighting back and providing the City of Compton with fresh fruits and vegetables to combat the city’s designation as a ‘Food [continue reading]
It’s fashion week in New York and even if you’re not interested in finding out what the hot color combos are this season, you really should take pride in the fact that New York is once again copying L.A. style. The hot trend at fashion week this year isn’t skirt [continue reading]
This Saturday is the last Eat See Hear movie screening of the season. The Breakfast Club will be showing at Los Angeles State Historic Park. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the movie starts at 8:30 p.m. It’s starting to get a little nippy in the evenings, so make sure [continue reading]
ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY PHOTO COLLECTION Los Angeles Union Station celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2014 — a nice milestone for the facility that Metro purchased in 2011. We’re digging through any archive we can find for historical photos and thought we would share a [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Transportation Headlines online newspaper, which you can also access via email subscription (visit the newspaper site) or RSS feed. Have a transportation-related article you want included [continue reading]
Get ready to light up the night at LivingSocial’s 5K Dance Party on Saturday, September 21. The event will take place at the Los Angeles Historic Park in Chinatown, starting at 7:15 p.m. Upon arrival, load up with glow-in-the-dark gear and your official race T-shirt. After the 5k run/walk, the party [continue reading]
Here’s the update from Metro CEO Art Leahy: PEPRA/13(C) Update AB 1222 (Bloom) passed the Assembly unanimously today with a vote of 72-0. This measure creates a 15 month exemption from the state’s pension reform law and will lead to the release of our federal funding. This final step completes [continue reading]
The kickoff of the USC home football schedule on Saturday, September 7 showed that more fans used the Metro Expo Line to travel to the Coliseum than last year, indicating the rail service is a safe and convenient alternative to driving a personal vehicle to the games. It is estimated [continue reading]
In case you didn’t know, Metro.net now has a page exclusively dedicated to Los Angeles Union Station. It’s got all the relevant information: available retail and dining, history of the station, transportation options, and event listing. Go check it out and let us know what you think! More information will be [continue reading]
