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 Metro (@metrolosangeles) on Jul 10, 2018 at 9:37am PDT [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]
Celebrate America’s birthday by learning all about Metro’s regional projects and programs. All Service Councils, except San Fernando Valley, will meet in July. The other four Service Councils will receive a Metro Community Education Programs overview, a Regional Service Performance Report, and adopt their work plans for Fiscal Year 2019. [continue reading]
Dept. of New Map of West Santa Ana Branch Corridor project: The map shows the route under study on the southern end of the project and the two primary routes being studied further for the north part of the line. Here’s the project home page. Art of Transit: Looking south [continue reading]
Art of Transit: View this post on Instagram Monday moves. ▫️ Photo 📸 @_kwasi_b ▫️ #GoMetro #LoveMetroLA #busride #reflections A post shared by Metro (@metrolosangeles) on Jun 25, 2018 at 8:01am PDT California ballot will include gas tax repeal in November (LAT) This will be a big ticket item on [continue reading]
Cell service is currently available on the entire Purple Line for all four major carriers: AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon. (Note: Verizon has only deployed 4G LTE service.) Cell service [continue reading]
All tickets on the Metrolink San Bernardino Line will be discounted at least 25 percent starting Sunday, July 1, except for the weekend pass and special tickets. Students and seniors [continue reading]
Dept. of Bus Restructuring: Here’s the pdf. This report is going to the Metro Board of Directors this month. Scroll down for some interestingness about bus speeds versus car trip [continue reading]
