A Gold Line train and truck collided on the Eastside this morning at 10:23 a.m. at 3rd Street and Downey Road. Both the train and the truck were headed eastbound when the truck apparently made a u-turn in front of the train, according to Metro officials. There were an estimated [continue reading]
What 25 things would you do to improve L.A.? Marissa Gluck, in a fun piece at Modern Luxury, has her list that includes several ideas involving transportation. Among them: *More parking in popular retail districts. *No more stacked parking at the Hollywood Bowl. *A gondola along Mulholland Drive. *A funicular [continue reading]
As the subway extension is in the planning stages here, there are three tunneling projects underway in Manhattan — extending the No. 7 subway line, building the Second Avenue subway and building a connection for the Long Island Railroad to Grand Central Station. The above video, posted by the offfice [continue reading]
As we stumble into the new year and decade, there’s no shortage of transportation news. The L.A. Weekly takes a look at red-light cameras in the city of Los Angeles with the writer the recipient of a recent ticket for failing to stop while turning right on red. The article [continue reading]
If you loathe driving on New Year’s Eve, all Metro buses and trains are offering free fares from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. tonight and early tomorrow morning. Here’s a link to the press release. All Metro rail lines and the Orange Line busway are running all night for the [continue reading]
First, a few words of caution: this is something that is very much in the development stage. But it appears that Metro is going to move ahead and seriously begin exploring a way to provide cell phone service to subway passengers now that some security concerns have been addressed. Other [continue reading]
It’s raining outside, I’ve got a full pot of coffee and transportation headlines to keep me warm and cozy…. The L.A. Times has a good story about the Golden Gate Bridge. Popular as it may be, the bridge has chronic budget issues and officials are considering offering behind-the-scenes tours to [continue reading]
If driving anywhere on Thursday night gives you a case of the willies — and it probably should, quite frankly — please remember that rides on Metro buses and trains are free from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. that evening. I’ll issue another reminder the next couple of days. Plan [continue reading]
Metro is promoting Gold Line service to Pasadena for the Tournament of Roses, the Rose Bowl game on New Year’s Day and the BCS title game on Jan. 7. More frequent service is being added for all three events. Four Gold Line stations are a short walk to the parade [continue reading]
As you likely know, Metro and Caltrans are working on a project to build a northbound carpool lane on the 405 freeway between the Santa Monica Freeway and the Ventura Freeway. That’s the good news. The bad news: construction impacts will increase big-time starting Jan. 12, according to the press [continue reading]
