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. L.A. River advocates wait [continue reading]
This update from Metro's government relations staff neatly summarizes the current state of Congress: U.S. Senate Votes to Clear Way for Consideration of Transportation Spending Bill Today, the U.S. Senate voted, by a margin of 73 to 26, to invoke cloture on S. 1243, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development [continue reading]
From Caltrans: a list of the on/off ramps that are closed through this Friday. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will close the following lanes and ramps of the Golden State Freeway (I-5) as part of a $121 million improvement project to construct High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV or carpool) lanes [continue reading]
Click above to see progress on the San Gabriel River bridge. Photos by Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority. The Gold Line Foothill Extension project is under construction and making some big-time progress on the two dozen bridges that have to be built or modified to extend the Gold Line [continue reading]
The Metro Speakers’ Bureau will provide free presentations throughout Los Angeles County on a variety of transportation topics: New ridesharing options such as carpools and vanpools Metro’s On the Move Riders Club for seniors learning to navigate the system Rail and bus service How to go “green” with Metro The [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. Running transit like a [continue reading]
Photos: Anna Chen/Metro Have you ever wondered how Los Angeles gets its water? Learn all about it at the LADWP museum in the John Ferraro Building. The tiny museum has some interesting displays and is the perfect size to explore during lunch time. This year LADWP is also celebrating the L.A. Aqueduct’s centennial, [continue reading]
Walter Hood, a Fellow at the American Academy in Rome and a winner selected to represent the United States at the 2010 Venice Biennale, has been selected to create an integrated sculptural work for the Expo Line Downtown Santa Monica Station. Hood is a professor at the University of California, [continue reading]
This week marks the 10th anniversary of Gold Line service beginning between Los Angeles Union Station and Pasadena. We’ll have some other posts as the week continues, but I thought it would be fun to start this one from YouTube user PhotoBoost. What exactly is happening here? This is a [continue reading]
Here’s the meeting notice from the Union Station Master Plan team: Join us in shaping the future of Union Station! Please join us for our summer Community Workshop to learn about Metro’s progress on the LA Union Station Master Plan (project homepage here). Building on our May 2nd workshop, where [continue reading]
