Metro Bike Share to launch in Venice on Sept. 7
Metro and the city of Los Angeles plan to launch Metro’s innovative bike sharing system in Venice on Thursday, September 7, bringing the distinctive, easy-to-ride bikes to one of the [continue reading]
Five things to know about the I-710 Corridor Project
1. The project aims to improve traffic flow and decrease traffic congestion on the I-710 freeway between downtown Long Beach and the junction with the SR-60 freeway. This section [continue reading]
No 405 closure tonight — bridge work completed early!
Some happy news for a Friday: work removing the wood framing on the bridge that will carry the Crenshaw/LAX Line over the 405 freeway has been completed one day earlier [continue reading]
Fresh pics: final pieces of tunneling machine for Regional Connector retrieved in downtown L.A.
The tunnel boring machine cutterhead and shield are now fully retrieved from below Flower Street in downtown Los Angeles’s Financial District. After completing the first of two tunnels for the [continue reading]
Fresh pics: what’s happening at Purple Line Extension’s Wilshire/La Brea Station
We shot these yesterday at Wilshire and La Brea, the site of a future station for the Purple Line Extension subway that is now under construction. Of the three new [continue reading]
Photo essay: spotlight on Little Tokyo during Nisei Week
Nisei Week in Little Tokyo is one the nation’s longest running cultural festivals of its kind. From Aug. 19 to 27, take the Gold Line or Metro Bus 30/330 to [continue reading]
Environmental study released for Union Station Forecourt and Esplanade project
The Union Station Forecourt and Esplanade project’s draft environmental impact report was released today and the document and appendices are now online. The goal of the project is to better [continue reading]
New pics: with digging done on first tunnel, TBM parts moved back to Little Tokyo
Regional Connector crews last weekend extracted the tunnel boring machine (TBM) cutterhead and one shield segment from underground — at 4th and Flower streets in downtown Los Angeles. The TBM [continue reading]
Metro Bike Share launches at Port of Los Angeles
Visitors to the Port Of Los Angeles can now access numerous popular waterfront destinations by bicycle thanks to a newly launched bike sharing system provided by Metro and the Port [continue reading]
Metro launches new workforce development program – WIN-LA – to provide career pathway to transportation industry
Metro today launched Workforce Initiative Now-LA (WIN-LA), a groundbreaking workforce development program focused on creating career pathways in the transportation industry. Today’s event in downtown Los Angeles introduced WIN-LA to prime [continue reading]