The Federal Transit Administration this week approved Metro’s request to be reimbursed for early work activities for Section Three of the Purple Line Extension Project between Century City and the Westwood/VA Hospital. The approval also clears the way for Metro to take advantage of highly competitive tunnel contract bids, which [continue reading]
Heads up: there is an Open House at Union Station for the Link Union Station project, which seeks to allow Metrolink and Amtrak trains enter/exit Union Station from the south [continue reading]
Art of Transit: A couple of shots of construction progress on the new rail yard adjacent to LAX that will serve the Crenshaw/LAX Line. And here is some video of the work done earlier this summer to restore Crenshaw Boulevard above the Leimert Park underground station: Dept. of Zero Emissions: [continue reading]
A key Measure M project in the San Fernando Valley is a new bus rapid transit line that would run across the northern part of the Valley. Public meetings [continue reading]
(pdf here) As many of you know, Metro is in the midst of restructuring its bus system — an effort called the NextGen Bus Study. Above is an update being provided to Metro’s Service Councils this month. It’s still some time until changes are released (which will be followed by [continue reading]
(pdf here) Metro invites the public to participate in a community workshop on Saturday, September 15, to learn and provide input about proposed bus service changes in the area around [continue reading]
Dept. of Behind the Scenes at Expo Line rail yard: follow Metro on Instagram for more like this. Art of Transit: Above: concrete block cutting at the future Crenshaw/Expo underground [continue reading]
Welcome the fall season by joining the Service Councils as they return to their regular meeting schedules this month. The main item at the September Council meetings will be a NextGen update, and approval of dates and times for regional NextGen Workshops to be held in November. San Fernando Valley [continue reading]
#HappeningNow: We're LIVE at the @MyFigueroa Ribbon Cutting with @MayorofLA, @LADOT, @MetroLosAngeles, and the community to showcase the new Figueroa streetscape — a great mix of multimodal planning. #Planning4LA pic.twitter.com/a9zs2j90RB [continue reading]
It has been 25 years since significant changes were made to the Metro Bus system. In response to changing travel patterns and public demand, Metro is in the midst of [continue reading]
