11 a.m. — CicLavia just started an hour ago and already there has been a major announcement from L.A. City Mayor and Metro Board Chair Antonio Villaraigosa: a private bike sharing company will soon be coming to L.A. with 4,000 bikes and 400 stations. At a 9:30 a.m. press conference [continue reading]
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and a contingent of other local public officials, event organizers and cyclists this morning touted the fourth CicLAvia that will soon hit city streets on Sunday, April 15. The 10-mile route through L.A. streets will be car-free for walking, biking and playing. “We saw during [continue reading]
Service Update as of 2:50 p.m. Power has been restored. Replacement bus service has been cancelled. Normal train operation is resuming in both directions. Service Update as of 2:30 p.m. Service on the Metro Blue Line has been disrupted due to a traction power problem between Slauson and Firestone stations. [continue reading]
Light rains did their best to snarl traffic this morning in downtown Los Angeles as L.A. City Councilmember Tom LaBonge and several transportation officials marked the anniversary of what is now known as the “SigAlert” traffic report. It was Jan. 22, 1955, when the first “SigAlert” radio broadcast was aired [continue reading]
Metro hosted a bike share demonstration at its headquarters building at Union Station on Wednesday to show agency employees and members of the public how various bike sharing systems work. It was the first time such a demo has been staged in the county’s largest public transit hub. See a short video of [continue reading]
Metro’s Bike Program team will come before the Planning and Programming Committee today with the agency’s Bike Share Concept Report, which examines opportunities for bike sharing in L.A. County. The committee report is the result of a Board motion last July which called for Metro to take a “leadership role” [continue reading]
Metro Board Members Richard Katz and Pam O’Connor joined Metro Chief Operations Officer Lonnie Mitchell and the Tournament of Roses Queen and Royal Court at Union Station this morning to promote Metro and Metrolink services to the 2012 Tournament of Roses festivities in Pasadena. Officials announced Metro will operate all [continue reading]
With New Year’s Day on a Sunday this year, Metro has decided to run 24-hour service on all five rail lines and the Orange Line busway beginning on Saturday night — New Year’s Eve — until the close of service on Monday night, Jan. 2. Free rides on all Metro [continue reading]
Several media outlets have reported on a visible defect in a retaining wall now being constructed as part of the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project in the Sepulveda Pass. Panels on a localized segment of the retaining wall at the future Skirball Drive on-ramp became displaced late last week. This [continue reading]
The new $2-million Santa Monica Bike Center opened this morning — the largest secure bicycle parking facility of its kind in the nation. The bike center’s two combined locations on the ground floor of the Santa Monica Place parking structure feature almost 5,300 square-feet of space and nearly 360 secure [continue reading]
