Metro takes delivery of first bus with USB chargers
Metro has taken delivery of the first of 295 40-foot buses ordered from the manufacturer El Dorado (of Riverside) in 2016. The feature that I’m guessing will most interest you: [continue reading]
Fresh pics: tunneling machine being lowered into Wilshire/La Brea Station for Purple Line Extension
The Purple Line Extension’s first section is under construction with the subway being extended for 3.9 miles from Wilshire/Western to new stations at Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega. The [continue reading]
Feasibility study looks at possible routes for Crenshaw North Extension
As Source readers already know, one of many eagerly sought Measure M transit projects is a northern extension of the Crenshaw/LAX Line. Metro has released a staff report and [continue reading]
Late night Warner Center Shuttle service to Ventura Boulevard will begin July 22
Warner Center Shuttle service will be extended south to Ventura Boulevard seven nights a week from 9:30 p.m. to 4 a.m. starting Sunday, July 22. Here is the new timetable. [continue reading]
Stations selected for Mobility on Demand pilot program
Ride sourcing services such as Uber and Lyft have expanded mobility options for those who have access to them. But not everyone can afford Uber or Lyft or has the [continue reading]
Metro Vision 2028
In the coming decades, the Los Angeles County region will be undertaking one of the largest transportation infrastructure investments in the Western Hemisphere. As Metro works with public and private [continue reading]
Improving Metro’s Unsolicited Proposal Policy
It’s been just over two years since Metro debuted its Unsolicited Proposal Policy. In that time, the policy has exceeded expectations, in the number of proposals generated (113 to date; 16 for megaprojects), the ability of Metro to advance those ideas to implementation (more than a dozen) and the quality [continue reading]
Updated scoping meetings for Artesia to DTLA light rail project begin July 24
Metro’s project to build a light rail line between Artesia and downtown Los Angeles — formally known as the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor — is in the planning [continue reading]
Flower Street weekend closures begin July 7 for Regional Connector work in downtown LA
Construction of the Regional Connector has reached the halfway mark, and crews can now start building the connection to the 7th St/Metro Center station in downtown L.A.’s Financial District. Beginning Saturday, [continue reading]
New video: what’s happening under Wilshire and Fairfax on the Purple Line Extension
Above is some fresh video of excavation work in the future Wilshire/Fairfax Station on the first section of the Purple Line Extension that runs for 3.9 miles between Wilshire/Western and [continue reading]