As some riders have already noticed, optic scanners are being installed at gated Metro rail stations. The scanners will allow Metrolink mobile ticket holders to get through Metro gates and are [continue reading]
Check it out: an end of the year list that actually arrives at the very end of the year! Instead of listing every single thing that happened at Metro this [continue reading]
Songs of Transit: No appearances by SF Muni buses in the video but some nice shots of Bernal Heights Park in San Francisco. Great place for views such as this: I was staying near the 24 Line last weekend. The SF Muni app that allows you to buy a bus [continue reading]
UPDATE: The parents of the child found on the Purple Line train have been located and the child is safe. The Los Angeles Police Department came across an unaccompanied child earlier today on the Metro Purple Line. They are now asking for the public’s help in identifying a family member [continue reading]
What is being done to make the system more reliable? How much maintenance work is required to keep the system running? As a member of the team who monitors Metro’s primary [continue reading]
Earlier this year, Metro’s Board of Directors approved a new contract to increase the presence of police on Metro. As a result, in July the Los Angeles and Long Beach police departments joined the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department in patrolling the Metro system. In this four-part series on safety and security [continue reading]
Metrolink supporters say: Don’t close Claremont station (Daily Bulletin) A highly readable story on the public meeting was held in Claremont on Monday night to discuss a Metro Board motion calling for a study whether the Claremont Metrolink Station should be eliminated and replaced with a Gold Line station. The [continue reading]
Pipe bomb explodes in New York subway walkway (NYT) Where the Port Authority subway explosion happened https://t.co/V2ZQHRpBWk — The New York Times (@nytimes) December 11, 2017 A man detonated a pipe bomb strapped to himself inside a walkway connecting two Manhattan subway stations at 7:20 .m. Monday, according to authorities. [continue reading]
Art of Transportation 1: Today was scariest morning commute of my life: #gettycenter #skirballfire pic.twitter.com/aECWhnJ26I — Rick Patrick (@70sspacepunk) December 6, 2017 You’ve probably seen a lot of similar photos online since yesterday. Still, it’s pretty remarkable (and dangerous, IMHO) that some of the 405 freeway remained open with the [continue reading]
Metro will be hosting a law enforcement meet and greet at Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station this Friday, Dec. 8 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Stop by and get to know the officers who patrol our system; there will be tables for Long Beach Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los [continue reading]
