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 [continue reading]
Amtrak will host the sixth annual National Train Day this Saturday at L.A. Union Station from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The family friendly event is free to the public. Drop by to tour luxurious historic rail cars, freight trains and more. There will be live entertainment and giveaways, plus [continue reading]
Explore L.A. in a car free way with Discover Los Angeles. They’ve put together itineraries that feature walking, biking or riding Metro to destinations that tourists and locals can both enjoy. On Sunday, May 19, Discover L.A. is arranging a photo tour for those who want to try the L.A. [continue reading]
Metro has a few great events coming up for Bike Week L.A., but the Orange County Transportion Authority has some plans of their own. Commuters in Orange County are invited to join OCTA for a bike rally on May 16, Bike to Work Day. OCTA will be hosting a bike rally from 7:30 to [continue reading]
The I-5/SR-170 connector opened this morning and it’s looking pretty good.
Great news for cyclists from the City of South Pasadena: it was awarded more than $400,000 in Bicycle Transportation Account (BTA) Grant funds to implement its Bicycle Master Plan (BMP). The grant was awarded to fund two high-profile projects from the city’s BMP: the Mission Street Green Sharrow Lane Project and [continue reading]
On Saturday, May 11, C.I.C.L.E., the Eastside Bike Club, Metro and the Dodgers will kick off Bike Week Los Angeles with a bicycle ride between two historic landmarks, Union Station and Dodger Stadium at Chavez Ravine, to watch the Dodgers battle the Miami Marlins. Deck yourself (and your bike) out in [continue reading]
The City of Santa Clarita will be one of the host cities for the 2013 Amgen Tour of California next week, which also happens to be Bike Week LA. The city will be the site of the Stage 3 Finish on Tuesday, May 14, and the Stage 4 Start on Wednesday, May 15. [continue reading]
Rain has delayed the connector opening and related closures by one day. Here’s the press release from Caltrans: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will open a new I-5/SR-170 connector on Tuesday, May 7, at 5 a.m. The connector is a three-lane, mixed-flow connector going from the northbound Hollywood Freeway [continue reading]
Photos by Metro This past Saturday, a portion of the Expo Line was shut down so crews could replace the support pole damaged by a wrong-way driver last month. Before the pole was replaced, trains had to stay under a 5 mph speed restriction between the Expo/Blue Line junction and 23rd Street Station. Trains [continue reading]
