The Metro Board is meeting Thursday at 9:30 a.m. The agenda is above and you can listen/watch online. Among the items to be tackled by the Board: •As part of the Orange Line Improvements Project, the Board will consider: –Building up to 35 railroad-style crossing gates at intersections along the [continue reading]
Dept. of Memoriam. The obits and tributes to restaurant critic Jonathan Gold have been great — but perhaps the best way to pay your respects to one of our region’s great writers is to spend some time this week reading the words he worked so hard to string together. I [continue reading]
Crenshaw/LAX Line construction: here are some fresh pics. Art of Transit: I was remiss in not posting this last month. If you don’t follow us on Instagram, please do so! [continue reading]
Dept. of Bus Benches: Check out this thread. I literally can’t think of much use for a bus bench other than…a bus bench. @OutfrontDecaux The bus bench on Highland / Santa Monica is gone. Any plans to reinstall it soon? pic.twitter.com/ARhxPwQiSb — Matt (@Matt_Winner310) July 16, 2018 Inglewood explores building [continue reading]
The LIFE (Low Income Fare is Easy) program helps qualifying, low-income riders save on Metro 7-Day, 30-Day or EZ Passes with LIFE coupons. The discounts were made possible by the passage of the Measure M sales tax ballot measure by L.A. County voters in 2016. Eligibility guidelines have recently changed. Adult [continue reading]
ICYMI: starting July 15, transfers between most TAP-participating agencies will be exclusively on TAP, and Metro Day Pass sales will be discontinued on buses — you’ll be able to load your [continue reading]
Metro light rail car 144 will make its last run on July 25 before retirement. Afterwards, it will be trucked to its new home at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris. Car 144 was one of 54 identical “P865” type cars to open service on the Los Angeles-to- Long [continue reading]
Art of Transit: View this post on Instagram Take the bus to the car museum? Rapid 720, 780, AVTA 786 and Metro Bus 217 all have stops near Wilshire/Fairfax. ▫️ Photo 📸 @yutsai ▫️ #GoMetro #LoveMetroLA #petersenautomotivemuseum A post shared by LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) on Jul 10, 2018 at 9:37am [continue reading]
Starting this Friday, July 13 at 9 p.m. through close of service Sunday, July 15, there will be no Blue Line service to Compton, Artesia and Del Amo Station in [continue reading]
Hope everyone had a not-so-productive and relaxing holiday in advance of the coming heatwave. Dept. of Curious Journalists: It's the day after a holiday, and I'm feeling a little devil-may-care, so let's do this: What's your weirdest, grossest or most memorable experience with one of the upholstered seats on @metrolosangeles? [continue reading]
