Here’s the latest construction notice for the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Widening Project. The contractor is planning to take soil stability tests needed for the future construction of retaining walls along the I-405. Work is planned beginning Monday, March 22 for about four days near the Getty View Trailhead that runs [continue reading]
Here’s a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Don’t forget you can also follow the Metro Library on Facebook and Twitter. It’s come to this in Clayton County, Georgia, which is part of [continue reading]
Here’s a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Don’t forget you can also follow the Metro Library on Facebook and Twitter. First up, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wrote a blog entry for the Huffington [continue reading]
Here’s a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by the Metro library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s home page. Where should the high-speed rail line stop in Burbank? State officials have one idea, city officials in Burbank have another, reports the Glendale News [continue reading]
The Daily Mail has a particularly sad story about Nancy Underwood, a 89-year-old woman who lives in a small village in southwest England who must take a 14-mile bus ride to cross the street. Why? Because the nearest pedestrian crosswalk for the busy street is three miles away. For Nancy, [continue reading]
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood often doesn’t mince words — as people who attended last month’s town hall meeting with him at Metro headquarters already know. So when airline officials complained to him recently about so much federal money going to high-speed rail — which they view as potential competition [continue reading]
A reminder: Bus service will replace Blue Line service between the Washington station and 7th/Metro Center in downtown Los Angeles this weekend due to work constructing the junction of Blue Line and Expo Line tracks. Work begins at 9 p.m. tonight and will continue until early Monday. Blue Line patrons [continue reading]
The local transit agency in Las Vegas has no interest in helping the bankrupt, privately-operated monorail system that is supposed to get people up and down The Strip but, as critics have often noted, operates largely out of view of the public. The agency proposes to build a bus rapid [continue reading]
Now you can follow Amtrak on Twitter and find out what’s up with our nation’s passenger rail service in 140 character snippets. Amtrak joins a growing number of transportation providers (Metro included) that are embracing social media as a way to connect with customers. Like most large organizations hopping on [continue reading]
It’s no secret that train platforms built in the middle of freeways are not exactly quiet places. Neon Tommy has a smart story about attempts to provide some relief to patrons of the Gold Line, which has three stations parked in the middle of an extremely busy stretch of the [continue reading]
