Stations selected for Mobility on Demand pilot program
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]
Metro Vision 2028
In the coming decades, the Los Angeles County region will be undertaking one of the largest transportation infrastructure investments in the Western Hemisphere. As Metro works with public and private [continue reading]
Improving Metro’s Unsolicited Proposal Policy
It’s been just over two years since Metro debuted its Unsolicited Proposal Policy. In that time, the policy has exceeded expectations, in the number of proposals generated (113 to date; 16 for megaprojects), the ability of Metro to advance those ideas to implementation (more than a dozen) and the quality [continue reading]
Updated scoping meetings for Artesia to DTLA light rail project begin July 24
Metro’s project to build a light rail line between Artesia and downtown Los Angeles — formally known as the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor — is in the planning [continue reading]
Flower Street weekend closures begin July 7 for Regional Connector work in downtown LA
Construction of the Regional Connector has reached the halfway mark, and crews can now start building the connection to the 7th St/Metro Center station in downtown L.A.’s Financial District. Beginning Saturday, [continue reading]
New video: what’s happening under Wilshire and Fairfax on the Purple Line Extension
Above is some fresh video of excavation work in the future Wilshire/Fairfax Station on the first section of the Purple Line Extension that runs for 3.9 miles between Wilshire/Western and [continue reading]
Metro seeks feedback on potential Westside Bike Share station locations
The Metro Board of Directors in May approved the Phase 3 Expansion of Metro Bike Share, to the Westside Los Angeles communities of Palms, Mar Vista, Del Rey, Play del [continue reading]
Actions taken at June meeting of Metro Board of Directors
pdf here, with links to individual items. Here’s the webstream and the recap. Among the actions taken, the Board of Directors: •Adopted light rail as the “locally preferred alternative” for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor project. In English, that means the Board will consider giving their stamp of [continue reading]
Aerial view: restoration work on Crenshaw Boulevard for Crenshaw/LAX Line
Metro began restoration work this month on the section of Crenshaw Boulevard where the Crenshaw/LAX Line is running underground — between the Expo Line and Vernon Avenue. Metro’s Joe Lemon [continue reading]
Light rail approved by Metro Board for Van Nuys to Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station transit line
A 9.2-mile light rail line between the Orange Line’s Van Nuys Station and the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station was approved by the Metro Board of Directors today as the “preferred [continue reading]