In an effort to increase public safety Metrolink has announced that Amtrak will take over operations of its commuter rail system this summer. Amtrak’s experience, safety record and level of service are cited as reasons for the new partnership. The contract has Amtrak operating Metrolink trains for the next four [continue reading]
If you are now in possession of a citation for violating traffic and pedestrian laws around the Blue Line, don’t complain — you weren’t warned! As we posted last week on The Source in our series on Blue Line safety, there would soon be a sweep of the line by [continue reading]
First off, I’d like to disclose that I’m not a regular Blue Line rider. Nor do I live or work in an area where I have to cross tracks of the Blue Line on a regular basis. I do ride the Blue Line, typically when I make an occasional trip [continue reading]
I have already posted about the engineering challenges of making the Blue Line safe and enforcement of traffic and pedestrian laws along the Blue Line. To quickly summarize: the line is heavily ridden, safety improvements have been made, the overall accident rate has been dropping and there have been crackdowns [continue reading]
I posted yesterday about one of the toughest issues facing Metro: reducing the number of fatalities along the Blue Line. While there has been progress in this area — the number of train-motor vehicle collisions has dropped significantly — the agency wants to keep making the line as safe as [continue reading]
In July of this summer, the Blue Line will turn 20 years old. The last streetcars rolled through Los Angeles in the early 1960s; it wasn’t until the Blue Line’s debut in 1990 that mass transit rail service returned to the region. In January, the Blue Line saw nearly 78,000 [continue reading]
The Los Angeles Marathon has a new route again this year — this time running from Dodger Stadium to Santa Monica via downtown L.A., Hollywood and Beverly Hills. It’s a nice course. Previous versions of the race seemed to go out of their way to feature the ghastly nature of [continue reading]
As the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Widening Project moves forward Metro bus riders can expect delays and detours on several lines… for the next three years. Delays will be intermittent and will vary during the duration of the project which is slated for a 2013 completion. Planned service delays and detours [continue reading]
UPDATE: Service restored at 7 a.m. Construction delays for Metro Blue Line service in downtown Los Angeles are expected to continue through mid-morning on Monday. A bus bridge remains in effect to shuttle passengers between Grand and 7t St/ Metro Center stations. Passengers may experience significant travel delays of up [continue reading]
Google announced today that it’s offering yet another transportation mode to its robust Google Maps tool set. Now bicyclists will be able to get turn-by-turn directions in the familiar Google style that drivers, pedestrians and transit users have grown accustomed to. In addition, a new graphical layer has been added [continue reading]
