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Bus detours on May 11 due to Revlon Run/Walk for Women

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The Revlon Run/Walk for Women will take place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum this Saturday, May 11 from 7 a.m. to noon. Metro will be detouring the following bus lines in the Exposition Park area to accommodate the event.

Metro Lines: 14/37, 38, 81, 102, 200 and Metro Silver Line

Check Service Advisories for more details. Metro Bus detours will be in effect from 5 a.m. until 1 p.m. or while barricades are present. Lines 81, 102 and 200 will begin detouring at 9 p.m. on Friday, May 10 due to event set-up. Plan ahead and allow extra time for travel.

To avoid traffic congestion around the Coliseum, participants in the Revlon Run/Walk are encouraged to ride the Expo Line to Expo Park/USC Station to get to the event. For more routes and connections, please use the Trip Planner.

DTLA May Day marches expected to cause bus delays

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May Day marches and rallies are expected to take place in downtown L.A.’s central business district tomorrow and certain streets will start closing between 6 a.m. – 7 a.m. as marchers gather. LADOT will be closing and opening streets as events take place and traffic may not return to normal until after 7 p.m.

For a map of planned marches and LADOT’s traffic management plan, click here.

Bus detours will be changing throughout the day and delays are expected for the lines that pass through the central business district. These include lines: 2/302, 4,10, 14, 16/316, 18, 20, 28, 30, 33, 37, 40, 45, 48, 51, 52, 53, 55 (355), 60, 62, 66, 68, 70, 71, 76, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 90, 91, 92, 94, 96, 442, 460, 487, 489, 704, 720, 728, 730, 733, 745, 760, 770, 794 and Metro Silver Line. Check Metro’s Service Advisories to see detour details.

If you’re traveling around or through DTLA tomorrow, Metro Rail is your best bet. Use Trip Planner to find a route or connection that works for you.

Go Metro Weekends, April 26 – 28

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This Sunday is Fiesta Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. Enjoy food, music and dancing at this free event. Festivities will take place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Show your TAP card at the O’Reilly Auto Parts exhibitor booth at Fiesta’s World Cup Sports Center lot to claim a free souvenir while supplies last. The Fiesta Broadway main stage will be located across from City Hall in Grand Park, and the event will sprawl down Broadway between Temple Street and 5th Street.

Bus lines detouring for Fiesta Broadway include: 2, 4, 30, 33, 40, 45, 70, 71, 76, 78/79, 83, 84/68, 92, 96, 487, 733, 745 and Metro Silver Line. Detours will be in effect from 12 p.m. Saturday, April 27 to 5 a.m. Monday, April 29 or until barricades are removed.

Lines 2, 4, 45, 83, 84 and 745 begin detouring tonight at 7 p.m. due to event set up. For more details, check Metro’s Service Advisories. The best way to reach Fiesta Broadway is by the Metro Red/Purple Line to either Civic Center Station or Pershing Square Station.

Also this weekend, check out EXHIBIT A at Automata, an art theatre located in Chinatown. The puppet performance tells the story of a hot, dry summer in Silverlake. There are performances on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and on Sunday at 4 p.m. General admission is $18. (Metro Gold Line to Chinatown Station, Metro Bus 45 to Broadway/Chinatown)

Gary Baseman: The Door is Always Open opens at the Skirball Cultural Center this weekend, head over to see some unusual cartoon art. While there, you can also visit Noah’s Ark. General admission is $10, go Metro to get a discount. The center is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. (Metro Rapid 761 or Bus 233 to Sepulveda/Skirball)

Bus detours for CicLAvia this Sunday, April 21

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CicLAvia will be taking place this Sunday, April 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The route to the sea spans more than 15 miles from downtown L.A. to Venice, and here are the Metro Bus lines that will be detoured to accommodate the event.

Lines: 2, 4, 10/48, 14/37, 16, 18, 20, 28, 33, 51/52, 53, 55, 60, 62, 70, 71, 76, 78/79, 81, 83, 84/68, 90/91, 92, 94, 96, 105, 200, 460, 487, 534, 603, 720, 733, 760 and Metro Silver Line

Check the Service Advisories for more details on detour routes. Bus detours will be in effect on Sunday from 6 a.m. until 5 p.m. or until the barricades are removed.

Bus detour notice for March 30 – 31

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Due to street closures for filming, Metro will be detouring the following bus lines this weekend.

Line(s):        20, 30, 14/37, 51, 60, 70, 71, 76, 78, 79, 96, 487, 760, 770 & Metro Silver Line

In effect:      Saturday, March 30, 2013 & Sunday, March 31, 2013
                      6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Each Day

More details on detour routes after the jump. Passenger stops will be made at all intersections where it is safe to do so on detour routes.

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Metro bus detours and travel options for L.A. Marathon

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This year's race ends at the ocean. Photo via L.A. Marathon's Official Facebook

This year’s race ends at the ocean. Photo via L.A. Marathon’s Official Facebook

Just a reminder, L.A. Marathon will take place on Sunday, March 17 and run from Dodger Stadium to the Santa Monica Pier. The event begins at 6:55 a.m. and is expected to end around 5 p.m.

Due to road closures and bus detours, Metro Rail is the best option for those who want to view the marathon. There are nine stations that run along the race course: Chinatown Station, Union Station, Little Tokyo/Arts District Station, Civic Center Station, Vermont/Santa Monica Station, Vermont/Sunset Station, Hollywood/Western Station, Hollywood/Vine Station and Hollywood/Highland Station.

Metro will also operate free non-stop shuttle service from Culver City Station to Olympic Boulevard/11th Street in Santa Monica during the marathon as an alternative option for those traveling from downtown to the beach. The shuttles will run every 15 minutes from approximately 5 a.m. until the conclusion of the race. Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus will be operating frequent courtesy shuttles form the Olympic/11th bus hub on Sunday to downtown Santa Monica; map and more info here.

Metro Bus lines that will be affected by the L.A. Marathon include: 2, 4, 10, 14, 16, 20, 26, 28, 30, 33, 40, 45, 48, 55, 60, 68, 70/71, 76, 78/79, 81, 83, 84, 90, 92, 94, 96, 105, 156, 180/181, 200, 201, 204, 206, 207, 210, 212, 217, 222, 445, 485, 487, 534, 550, 704, 720, 733, 745, 754, 757, 780, 794.

The service changes will occur between the hours of 4 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 17.

Check Service Advisories for more details. Regular service on some bus lines will be restored as the race progresses, but full service on all lines is not expected to resume until approximately early evening. Please plan ahead and adjust travel times. Every effort will be made to provide real-time information regarding changes in detours via Metro’s homepage and Twitter. For more information on routes and schedules call 323.GO.METRO or 323.466.3876.

El Monte Busway closure Friday evening and most of Saturday due to Caltrans road work

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UPDATE: The El Monte Busway will remain open on Sunday due to the Los Angeles Marathon.

The El Monte Busway and I-10 ExpressLanes between Alameda Street and the I-710 Freeway will be closed this weekend due to Caltrans road work. This will impact the Metro Silver Line, Lines 485 and 487. Closure times are as follows:

  • 10 p.m. Friday, March 15 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 16
  •  7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 17

Buses that usually use the Busway will be detoured into the general purpose freeway lanes on the I-710 Freeway. ExpressLanes will also not be available in the closure segment.

Metro will run a Silver Line Shuttle Special during the closure between El Monte Bus Station and Flower and 7th/Metro Center. The shuttle will travel surface streets to serve local station stops at Cal State LA and LAC/USC Medical Center. Shuttles will run approximately every 60 minutes.

Regularly scheduled Silver Line service from El Monte and Artesia Transit Center will have no change in posted departure times.

Bus service detours for Academy Awards, Hollywood/Highland Station closed during The Oscars

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Those of you traveling around Hollywood have probably noticed some bus detours by now due to Oscars prep. Here’s a friendly reminder that you won’t be able to spot Robert Downey, Jr. by  popping up from Hollywood/Highland Station on Sunday because it will be closed.

Here’s the release from Metro:

Metro Red Line subway trains will operate on a regular schedule but will pass through the Metro Red Line Hollywood/Highland Station without stopping on Sunday, Feb. 24 from open to close due to the 85th Academy Awards show at the Dolby Theater. There will be no public access to Hollywood/Highland Station. Customers are advised to use the Hollywood/Vine Station as an alternative and transfer to nearby bus service or walk.

All Metro Red Line trains will resume stops at Hollywood/Highland Station with the start of regular service on Monday, Feb. 25.

Street closures start Sunday, Feb. 17 due to staging for The Oscars. Metro Bus lines 212, 217, 222 and 780 will be detoured along Hollywood Boulevard between Highland Avenue and La Brea Avenue through 6 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, or until barricades are removed.

On the day of The Oscars, Sunday, Feb. 24, Metro Bus lines 156, 212, 217 and 222 also will be detoured along Hollywood Boulevard between La Brea Avenue and Cahuenga Boulevard and on Highland Avenue between Franklin Avenue and Sunset Boulevard through 6 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 25, or until barricades are removed.

Specific routes of the detours are listed online on the Service Advisory pages of metro.net. For real-time service alerts, go to metro.net home page or follow @metroLAalerts on twitter.

Metro bus detours for Kingdom Day Parade on Saturday, Jan 19

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This year’s Kingdom Day Parade will be held on Saturday, January 19 from 10:15 a.m. to 1 p.m.The parade will begin at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Western Avenue and travel west along Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. to Crenshaw, where the parade route will turn south. The route ends at Leimert Park, where the MLK Gospel Festival will be taking place until 7 p.m. Both the parade and Gospel Fest are open to the public.

Metro will be running bus detours in the area from 5 a.m. – 3 p.m. due to the parade on the following lines:  40, 102, 105, 207, 210, 212, 705, 710, 740 & 757.

For details on route detours, check after the jump or visit Metro’s Service Advisories page.

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Major bus detours Saturday night for New Year’s Race half-marathon in downtown Los Angeles

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Downtown Los Angeles should be quite a scene tomorrow night with the New Year’s Race half-marathon beginning at 9 p.m. As the above map shows, the race goes right through the heart of downtown, which is also the heart of the Metro bus system.

That means that many bus detours will be in effect, beginning Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. It’s a long list. This service alert covers the detours from 1 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Saturday. And this service alert covers the detours that will be in effect from 9 p.m. Saturday into early Sunday morning, thereby impacting some owl service.

If possible, the best way to avoid detours is to use Metro Rail. The race begins at 7th & Grand, just two blocks from the 7th/Metro Center station serving the Red, Purple, Blue and Expo lines. The race finished at 11th & Hope, which is a two block walk to the Blue and Expo line’s Pico Station and not far from 7th/Metro Center.

Rail maps and timetables can be found here.