Dept. of Bulky Items: Enter a caption here. ? pic.twitter.com/YwHxakZxZA — NJ TRANSIT (@NJTRANSIT) March 19, 2019 Things to listen to whilst transiting: I’ve been liking the “Hit Parade” podcast, which looks at the Billboard charts over the years/decades and tells the story behind the music. There are a lot [continue reading]
The agendas and staff reports have been posted for the Metro Board’s committee meetings, which will be held Wednesday and Thursday at Metro HQ adjacent to Union Station. The meetings are open to the public — sorry, no popcorn allowed — and are live-streamed and archived online if you can’t [continue reading]
The headline in the Washington Post says it all: “A man soiled himself on [the Washington] Metro, and a passenger did an unusual thing: ask for help.” The story notes [continue reading]
Metro is holding four community meetings in March to discuss alternatives to extend the Crenshaw/LAX Line north with transfers and connections to the Metro Expo, Purple and Red Lines as [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors in February approved an amendment to the Life of Project Budget and a new contract with Tutor Perini/O&G for work on the third and final leg of the Purple Line Extension project between Century City and Westwood. A number of local press understandably had a [continue reading]
We’re looking forward to seeing the sequence in “Captain Marvel” involving a Blue Line train — the movie hits theaters tonight. LAist has a post looking at some other Metro cameos in movies, most of which seem to involve chases, shootouts or other things definitely not encouraged by our Code [continue reading]
Public outreach and community engagement are fundamental and mandatory activities for Metro. Metro staff have released the draft Public Participation Plan (PPP) for 2019 and the agency wants input from [continue reading]
There was a media event on Monday to check out some of the fossils unearthed as part of the Purple Line Extension project. Check out Anna’s IG story here (WordPress won’t let me embed it). *** Art of Transit A pair of nice pics of the ongoing work at the [continue reading]
It’s March and spring is just around the corner. As temperatures start to warm, additional NextGen workshops continue across L.A. County throughout the month. Attend a workshop to provide your input on the NextGen Bus Study and meet Regional Service Councils staff who will be in attendance. Raffles are conducted [continue reading]
Bringing secure bicycle parking to one of the highest demand rail stations on the Westside, Metro on Friday announced the opening of a new Metro Bike Hub at the Expo [continue reading]
