Dept. of Giving Names to Machines: View this post on Instagram New tunnel boring machines! The TBMs are named Harriet, after Harriet Tubman, and Ruth, after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. They will dig the Purple Line Extension between Beverly Hills and Century City. 🚇 #GoMetro #tunnelboring #purplelineext #westLA A post [continue reading]
In honor of Independence Day, limited edition 4th of July TAP cards are now available at select TAP vending machines. Be sure to check the sticker above the TVM screens [continue reading]
Art of Transit: A trio of pics of Crenshaw/LAX Line edition, which is scheduled to open next year. I took these pics just before landing at LAX on Tuesday — [continue reading]
New limited edition TAP cards are now available! See the blurb by TAP. The stations where the cards are available are listed below. TAP now has more options that enable [continue reading]
Let’s start with a friendly reminder: rail service on the northern section of the Blue Line from Compton Station to 7th/Metro will be suspended and replaced by bus shuttle service beginning tomorrow (Saturday, June 1) through September. Also tomorrow, Blue Line rail service resumes between Compton Station and Downtown Long [continue reading]
•Dept. of Reminder: rail service on the southern section of the Blue Line resumes on Saturday while rail service between 7th/Metro and 103rd St/Watts will be replaced by bus shuttles through September. This is part of the New Blue work to modernize the Blue Line. Please see this post for [continue reading]
•Channeling his inner Bruce Banner, Howard Beale and/or Thanos, LAT columnist Steve Lopez says the apocalypse is nigh and something must be done ASAP about traffic and sky high housing costs in our region. As self-appointed King of California, Lopez declares: I will wipe out gridlock overnight by imposing a [continue reading]
Save the date, fans of sugary fried rings of deliciousness! California’s largest donut festival returns to Union Station on Saturday, June 8. The event will take place from 10 a.m. [continue reading]
Art of Transit Construction: a couple pics from a staff tour on Friday of the Regional Connector project under DTLA. The Connector is trying together the Blue, Expo and Gold [continue reading]
Dept. of Instagram Stories: Check out the new IxN Customer Information Panels that are being installed on the Blue Line stations currently closed — they’ll be available when the southern section of the Blue Line reopens on June 1. Screen grab is above. From the Dept. of Bike to Work [continue reading]
