Here’s the news release that Metro issued this morning: As Metro continues to position Los Angeles County as a transportation center for excellence, CEO Phillip Washington and agency executives held a roundtable Thursday with international rail car manufacturers and consultants to discuss how transportation innovation can translate to the presence [continue reading]
Another view, from L.A. Times transportation reporter Laura Nelson: Here’s the new body scan technology that @metrolosangeles has purchased, designed to detect suicide vests and other wearable explosives. The black [continue reading]
The Blue Line will undergo a comprehensive $350-million modernization beginning in January 2019 to improve reliability, enhance safety and improve the customer experience. Work to modernize the Blue Line — [continue reading]
Summer is in full effect and so are the triple digit temperatures. Beat the heat by learning all about Metro’s regional projects and programs at one of the Service Council meetings held in an air-conditioned facility near you. The San Fernando Valley is back this month after going dark for [continue reading]
The Metro Board approved plans Thursday for up to 35 crossing gates and two busway and bicycle grade separations for the San Fernando Valley’s Orange Line. Plans will greatly improve [continue reading]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
