Metrolink has just release this info … more good news for CicLAvia riders. Metrolink will provide extra Bike Car service to CicLAvia More than 1,000 bicycles are expected on April 21 scheduled trains LOS ANGELES – Metrolink will employ all 17 of its Bike Cars in time for CicLAvia on [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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Air quality across Southern California better … but challenges remain (Los Angeles Daily [continue reading]
We’re talking, of course, about the canopies at the Red Line Pershing Square Station, which were just completed this week. Pershing Square is the last in the initial series of umbrellas that went up at three Red Line stations to protect the escalators (and riders) from the elements and hopefully extend the good [continue reading]
Members of the Metro Speakers Bureau are available this spring to talk with children and young people at school career days about future employment at Metro. Grade school is not too early to start. Metro employs more than 9,000 full-time staff, including bus and train operators, mechanics and maintenance people, clerks, [continue reading]
DiscoverLA.com (the LA Tourism and Convention Board) has this great photo of the Metro Red Line North Hollywood Station at night by Rita de Cassia Cavalcanti on its Facebook page, plus a beauty of Dodger Stadium at sunset. Check it out.
More traffic news for commuters … this time for the I-5 South. Here’s the release from Caltrans: Santa Ana Freeway (Interstate 5) Firestone Boulevard Ramps Will Permanently Close NORWALK – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has scheduled the following lane, ramp, connector and full freeway closures as part of [continue reading]
Construction continues on the Foothill Gold Line project — the 11.5-mile extension from Pasadena to Azusa — with the resulting street closures and other impacts. If you travel or live in that direction, it could be worth it to sign up on their website for periodic construction notices via [continue reading]
Get ready for a full southbound lane closure on the I-405 between the 101 and Getty Center Drive on Monday night (4/1-2) only. Sepulveda Boulevard will remain open. The closure is necessary so that rebuilding work can continue on the Mulholland Bridge. Metro has just released the following details: Southbound I-405 Freeway Closure [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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. CicLAvia updates map for April 21 … no Figueroa, but MacArthur Park is back [continue reading]
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has released its report card on America’s infrastructure and it’s not one we’d be proud to show Mom. “Report Card for America’s Infrastructure” awarded our nation a dismal D+ and was particularly critical of the state of our nation’s roads, transit and aviation facilities. That [continue reading]
