2017 in review: our top 10 Metro storylines for the past year
Check it out: an end of the year list that actually arrives at the very end of the year! Instead of listing every single thing that happened at Metro this [continue reading]
City of L.A. working to update zoning around Orange Line stations
With funding from Metro, the city of Los Angeles Planning Department is working on a new Transit Neighborhood Plan for five stations along the Orange Line, as well as other Metro lines. In plain English, the plan’s purpose is to encourage more development near stations — and to regulate development. [continue reading]
Council to receive update on Orange Line and Warner Center bus service
This is an update on a proposal we posted about earlier this year: to replace direct Orange Line service to Warner Center with a circulator running between Canoga Station and Warner Center. The shuttle would make multiple stops whereas the Orange Line now has one stop in Warner Center. A Reseda [continue reading]
Cell service on the Red Line — where are we now?
Subway riders have been commenting recently about unexpectedly having cell service underground beyond DTLA, so we thought it was time for a quick update. Installation of cell service equipment for [continue reading]
Metro receives unsolicited proposal for Vermont bus rapid transit project
Metro has received an unsolicited proposal from AECOM and John Laing to bring advanced mobility technologies and next generation bus rapid transit to the Vermont Avenue Transit Corridor through a public-private partnership (P3). Additionally, the proposal could result in early delivery of this critical Measure M project. This is the [continue reading]
Maintenance Diaries: meet Sergio Perez, wheelchair ramp mechanic out of Division 9
Learn about some of the work performed throughout our system to keep it in a state of good repair with the Maintenance Diaries. In this installment, we meet Sergio Perez, [continue reading]
Purple Line Extension tunneling machines arrive in So Cal and polls open for art and naming contest
Over the next several weeks parts of the Purple Line Extension tunnel boring machines (TBMs) will begin arriving at the Ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles and Galveston. From the ports, [continue reading]
TSA and Metro test explosive device detection unit at 7th/Metro this week
As I’m sure many of you are aware, a man with a pipe bomb strapped to his body attacked the New York subway system on Monday. Thankfully, no one was [continue reading]
Video: Regional Connector tunneling machine reaches another milestone
The tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the Regional Connector resurfaced Friday at the future Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill Station. The TBM began digging the second tunnel on the project in [continue reading]
Metro needs applicants for two vacant positions on Measure M Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee
Metro is searching for two individuals to serve on the Measure M Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee to help provide government accountability and transparency for county residents and taxpayers. An essential part of the process is to organize the seven-member oversight committee that will monitor Measure M. The Metro Board formally [continue reading]