This item led Metro CEO’s daily email memo to agency staffers on Wednesday: Today, I wrote to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood to encourage him to hold a public listening session at our headquarters on the New Starts reforms he announced last week. On January 13, 2010 the U.S. [continue reading]
The rain keeps falling and as a result construction work on adding a carpool lane to the northbound 405 over the Sepulveda Pass has been postponed for both Wednesday and Thursday nights. On a related note, there’s an open house being held this afternoon about the project at the Westwood [continue reading]
A new report that updates the planning progress on the Westside Subway Extension is being presented to the Metro Board of Directors this month. Work on the draft environmental impact report is now 60% complete, according to the report. Other news in the report: *The subway planning team at Metro [continue reading]
Enjoying the rain? Look at the bright side: construction work on the northbound 405 carpool lane project has been postponed for Tuesday night due to the inclement weather. Construction updates are available on the project’s page on the Metro website and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/I_405. I’m writing this post at [continue reading]
Metrolink posted this on their website at 2:15 this afternoon. If you’re headed over to Union Station, there could be short delays and it’s also wise to check which track your train is leaving from — a few trains were shifted earlier. Update as of 2:15 pm A test train [continue reading]
The latest from Metrolink — all but two tracks are going to reopen and officials may be able to open the two tracks by the afternoon rush hour: After an evaluation of the damage to the Cesar Chavez Avenue underpass, Metrolink and City of Los Angeles engineers have determined that [continue reading]
Metrolink officials are working on a plan for the afternoon commute due to the problem with the bridge over Cesar Chavez Blvd. I’ll post as soon as I get. In the meantime, you can follow Metrolink updates on Twitter — Metrolink updates their information frequently. Go to http://twitter.com/Metrolink to follow. [continue reading]
The Gold Line is back up and running out of Union Station but Metrolink and Amtrak service remains suspended. A bus bridge is apparently in the works to provide service for Metrolink customers this afternoon. More as soon as we get the info. Here’s the link to the Metrolink website.
Sheriff’s deputies are investigating reports of falling concrete on the Cesar Chavez underpass beneath the Union Station tracks. A bus bridge is in the works for the Gold Line. Here is the update from Metrolink’s website: Metrolink has been instructed to stop all train movements into and out of Union [continue reading]
After three days of delays — the latest due to weather — work is set to begin tonight on the northbound 405 carpool lane project. The work tonight will be on the stretch of freeway from the Santa Monica Freeway to Santa Monica Boulevard. Ramp closures are set to begin [continue reading]
