Business Interruption Fund spotlight: Apollonia’s Pizzeria
Apollonia’s Pizzeria is located along Section 1 of the Purple Line Extension and is owned and operated by husband and wife Justin and Linda De Leon. With 25 years of [continue reading]
Metro gets new maintenance building in the DTLA Arts District
To maintain the Metro Rail System, the agency has numerous buildings that its riders never enter but are crucial to moving them across the county. One of these structures is [continue reading]
Red/Purple Line subway celebrates 25th anniversary
The first segment of the Red Line subway opened Jan. 29, 1993 — 25 years ago today. Metro held a media event at Union Station this morning to celebrate and [continue reading]
Video: Union Station passenger concourse concepts
Planning work continues on the Link Union Station project that would add a new southern entrance/exit to Union Station for Metrolink and Amtrak trains and build a new expanded passenger concourse. The concourse would replace the current tunnel under the Metrolink, Amtrak and Gold Line tracks. The tunnel can get very [continue reading]
Twenty-Eight by ’28 Plan approved; Metro Board meeting roundup
Agenda pdf for download and printing here The first Metro Board meeting of 2018 is now in the books. Here is the official recap of actions and you can listen here. Among the actions taken today, the Board: •Adopted the “Twenty-Eight by ’28” plan to complete 28 major road, transit and bicycle [continue reading]
Upcoming Westbound SR-91 Improvements Project community meetings
Metro and Caltrans District 7, in collaboration with the Gateway Cities Council of Governments (GCCOG), are proposing to make improvements along westbound SR-91, between Shoemaker Avenue and the I-605/SR-91 Interchange, [continue reading]
71-day closure of five Green Line stations begins this Friday to connect Crenshaw/LAX Line and Green Line
On Friday evening at 9 p.m. Metro will begin work on connecting the Crenshaw/LAX Line and the Green Line tracks. The work will require a 71-day closure of five Green Line [continue reading]
Tunnel boring machine completes its job on Regional Connector project
And that’s all she wrote. On Tuesday evening, the tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the Regional Connector — named Angeli — arrived beneath the intersection of Flower and 4th streets [continue reading]
Final environmental study released for LA Union Station Forecourt and Esplanade Improvements project; public hearings scheduled
Metro has released the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the Los Angeles Union Station Forecourt and Esplanade Improvements project. This project is located in front of Los Angeles Union Station and [continue reading]
Metro unveils new “LIFE” programs for discounted fares for low-income riders
As of January 1, qualifying riders can save even more on Metro 7-Day, 30-Day or EZ passes with LIFE coupons. The discounts are made possible by the passage of the Measure M sales tax ballot measure by L.A. County voters in 2016. The LIFE (Low Income Fare is Easy) program [continue reading]