Click here to see the latest power point presentation. The presentation provides a good overview of the planning process for the subway and some of the latest ridership projections and info about potential station locations. Here’s our post from yesterday that includes a pair of charts on ridership. Hint: Westwood [continue reading]
With opening day attracting its usual monster crowds, lines were long this morning and early afternoon for the Dodger Express bus service between Union Station and Dodger Stadium. Metro officials estimate about 1,400 people took the bus to the game. If you haven’t heard the news yet, here’s the gist [continue reading]
Here’s an interesting little factoid: Did you you know the El Monte bus station is the busiest bus station west of Chicago? As part of the ExpressLanes project that will convert the carpool lanes on parts of the 10 and 110 freeways into toll lanes, the El Monte bus station [continue reading]
Metro Bus service will be detoured tomorrow, Tuesday, April 13, in downtown Los Angeles due to the funeral service of Los Angeles Police Department Officer and Marine Sergeant Major Robert Cottle, to be held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. LAPD SWAT officer Cottle was killed while [continue reading]
The Westside Subway Extension team is holding another round of public meetings beginning tonight to update the community on the draft environmental impact report being prepared for the line. Tonight’s meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; click here for the schedule for all [continue reading]
A safety upgrade to the Gold Line Eastside Extension was completed last week when the final segment of fencing was installed along the tracks. The fencing, along the street-running portions of the line, is designed to discourage jaywalkers from crossing the tracks outside of designated crosswalks. There is similar fencing [continue reading]
Here’s a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Don’t forget you can also follow the Metro Library on Facebook and Twitter. High-speed rail line business plan questioned again (San Francisco Chronicle) The newspaper [continue reading]
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa first proposed his 30/10 initiative last fall, proposing to build 12 mass transit projects to be heavily funded by the Measure R sales tax in the next 10 years instead of the next 30. The gist of the mayor’s plan is to secure federal hope [continue reading]
Here’s a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Don’t forget you can also follow the Metro Library on Facebook and Twitter. High-speed rail officials will consider sharing tracks (L.A. Times) The California High-Speed [continue reading]
As expected, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s 30/10 initiative to build a dozen Measure R transit projects in the next decade instead of the next three decades will be considered this month by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors. The 30/10 initiative will go before the Board of Directors [continue reading]
