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]
Heads up: there is an Open House at Union Station for the Link Union Station project, which seeks to allow Metrolink and Amtrak trains enter/exit Union Station from the south [continue reading]
UPDATE: The Metro Board at its September meeting approved more study of these two routes. *** The Green Line Extension to Torrance project returns to the Metro Board of Directors [continue reading]
Click on a map to see larger Long-time Source readers know that one of the more intriguing challenges ahead for Metro is figuring out what to call its rail and [continue reading]
