Lashes by Shigeru is located along Metro’s Purple Line Extension, Section 1 project alignment at the corner of Wilshire and San Vicente. Business owners, Martin Hanai and Shigeru Hanai, have [continue reading]
The P865 light rail cars have been in service since 1990, when the Blue Line opened between downtown Long Beach and downtown Los Angeles. The Blue Line was the first [continue reading]
The above photographs were taken earlier this month at the Purple Line Extension’s Wilshire/La Brea Station, where in the coming weeks two giant machines are set to begin tunneling their [continue reading]
Are you an avid user of public transit? Do you feel called to public service? The Gateway Cities Council of Governments (COG) is seeking applicants to nominate to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Metro Gateway Cities Service Council. The term of the soon-to-be-vacant seat concludes on June 30, 2021. The [continue reading]
Metro has released the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Division 20 Portal Widening and Turnback Facility. The project will help improve turnaround times for Red/Purple Line subway trains at Union Station, allow for more frequent subway service and create more space in the subway car rail yard. That’s important with [continue reading]
The Metro Board meets on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at Metro HQ for its regular monthly meeting. As usual, the meeting is open to the public and will be live-streamed. A pdf of the agenda is here. Here are some of the more interesting items the Board will consider: •Direct [continue reading]
The formal planning and environmental study for the North Hollywood-to-Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit project is underway and Metro is holding a round of community meetings beginning later this month. The purpose of the meetings — dates and times are below — is to provide an update on the project and [continue reading]
By Rani Narula-Woods and Debra R. Avila LA Metro is investing in new transportation innovations that harness new and emerging technology services to improve the experience for customers. Metro is beginning to experiment with technology to develop the best possible ways to serve our customers. Rather than buying off-the shelf [continue reading]
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]
Earlier this year, a discovery was made at the site of the future Historic Broadway Station, one of three new Regional Connector stations. While performing station excavation, crews discovered a [continue reading]
