SATURDAY, APRIL 24 UPDATE Good news – The street closure of Church Lane has been canceled this weekend. ________________________________________________________ The latest fun that is part of Sepulveda Pass widening project on the 405 freeway: the intersection of Church Lane and Sepulveda Boulevard is being shut down the two next weekends [continue reading]
Fiesta Broadway, the nation’s largest Cinco de Mayo event, is returning to Downtown L.A. for its 21st year – and with the celebration comes bus detours as many streets Downtown will be closed off for the massive event. Detours will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday and continue through 6:00 [continue reading]
UPDATE: 5 p.m. Metro Bus Lines 200 and 550 will be detoured to nearby thruways. Also, Metro Bus Line 910, the Silver Line, will use the 37th St. station. Signs are being posted at bus stops. Some Metro bus lines will be detoured due to anticipated street closures in the [continue reading]
Metro Bus service will be detoured tomorrow, Tuesday, April 13, in downtown Los Angeles due to the funeral service of Los Angeles Police Department Officer and Marine Sergeant Major Robert Cottle, to be held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. LAPD SWAT officer Cottle was killed while [continue reading]
Just in time for a rainy commute, the Blue Line powers up for the start of service at 4 a.m. Downtown Blue Line stations — Washington, Grand, Pico/Chick Hearn, 7th Metro Center — were closed to allow for construction of the Expo light rail line. Rail service from Long Beach [continue reading]
They’re at it again … working on linkage between the Blue Line and the Exposition Light-Rail Line. Yes, it’s a temporary annoyance but won’t it be great when the east/west line to Culver City is completed? The delays mean the two lines, which will share track between Washington and 7th [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]
The Metro Blue Line resumes normal operations at the start of service on Monday morning. Blue Line trains were not running in downtown Los Angeles this weekend due to construction that will eventually tie the future Expo Line into existing Blue line tracks. Drivers take note. The eastbound 18th Street [continue reading]
