Metro contractors on Monday will begin early work on a project in DTLA that will make it easier to turn around Red/Purple Line trains at Union Station and, thus, improve subway capacity. The project’s formal name is — it’s a mouthful! — the Division 20 Portal Widening and Turnback Facility. [continue reading]
And so it begins…2019. Among the transpo-related news in the first week of the new year: •LAUSD teachers could go on strike beginning Thursday. The district says that schools will [continue reading]
January is almost here; on behalf of the Metro Regional Service Councils team have a pleasant and healthy 2019! This month, all Service Councils will host NextGen workshops in their regions. Come to a workshop to learn more about the NextGen Bus study. With your input, we can work together [continue reading]
As per usual around these parts, there were no shortage of happenings in 2018. Without further ado, below are some of the more notable nuggets from the past year as [continue reading]
Metro will hold 10 community meetings beginning in January to ask for the public’s help in the agency’s NextGen Bus Study, the effort to redesign and reimagine the agency’s bus system to meet the needs of today’s riders. Here is a Source post from earlier this fall about the study. [continue reading]
Elon Musk and The Boring Co. held their long-awaited event last night in Hawthorne to show the public their 1.14-mile test tunnel. Key graphs from the LAT: The company previously said its planned urban transportation network, called the Loop, would whisk cars and pods through multiple levels of tunnels on [continue reading]
The Blue Line will undergo a comprehensive $350-million modernization beginning Jan. 26 to improve reliability, enhance safety and improve the customer experience. From Jan. 26 to late May, Blue Line [continue reading]
Warming up… View this post on Instagram A post shared by LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) Metro is excited to announce FAStops, a bus stop balancing project aimed to speed up your ride: https://t.co/lARilKP0Y5 pic.twitter.com/pMxMVdr2ZZ — Cincinnati Metro (@cincinnatimetro) December 11, 2018 We need a star athlete to doubt the Gold [continue reading]
Our last update on this topic was about six months ago, and thus it’s time for an update: •Purple Line from Union Station to Wilshire/Western – Cell service is now [continue reading]
pdf here The final Board meeting of the year was a very long one, clocking in at six-plus hours and involving a wide variety of issues. Among the actions taken today: •The Board approved a plan to designate Metro’s rail and bus rapid transit lines with colors and letters in [continue reading]
