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]
Another reprieve for area motorists: work on the northbound 405 carpool lane project will not begin tonight. The contractor for the project has decided to wait until Thursday night to begin work. Instead of working on the segment of the freeway from the Santa Monica Freeway to National Boulevard, work [continue reading]
A Metro bus on the 92 line was hit by a pickup truck Monday evening in Echo Park about 9 p.m., according to Metro officials. Fourteen passengers were on the bus at the time of the accident and three were transported to the hospital with apparently minor injuries. A pickup [continue reading]
A reprieve of sorts: the work set to begin this evening on the northbound 405 freeway has been postponed due to rain in the forecast, according to Metro officials. That means that the first full closure of the freeway is now scheduled for early Thursday morning between the 10 freeway [continue reading]
The California Transit Assn., which represents transit agencies in the state, put out a scathing press release this morning criticizing the budget proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last week for potentially ending state funding of public transit. Here’s a link to the release. Elected officials from many cities in Los [continue reading]
The Red Line subway stop at Universal has reopened after being shut down about 4:38 a.m. while the Los Angeles Police Department investigated a possible pipe bomb in a vehicle near one of the station’s elevators, according to Metro officials. The station reopened before 7 a.m. The LAPD apparently believed [continue reading]
Planning for the extension of the subway to Westwood takes a small step forward next week when that truck at the right — the minivb — will begin seismic testing for the subway project. The subway extension is set to receive more than $4 billion from the Measure R sales [continue reading]
