Gold Line, CicLAvia, DT Glendale: HWR, April 24
Dept. of Service Alerts: Obviously a tough commute on the Gold Line Monday and Tuesday morning due to repairs to the overhead wires just east of the Monterey Street crossing [continue reading]
Boring Company tunnels, who will ride transit to LAX: HWR, April 20
Dept. of Free Rides on Earth Day Celebrate Earth Day by taking going Metro to hike the San Gabriel Mountains, enjoy a free concert at Union Station and more. https://t.co/u2QGaUNWYp [continue reading]
Private tunnels, San Francisco skyscrapers: HWR, April 17
Art of Transpo Elon Musk Boring Company Test Tunnel Could Get Fast-Tracked, Blocking Metro’s Sepulveda Rail Project (Streetsblog LA) We wrote about this yesterday. The Boring Company, owned by Elon [continue reading]
LAX people mover, Crenshaw views, Uber, Boring Co., El Segundo: HWR, April 16
Art of Transit Photos courtesy Mickey Labrador Two good views of the future Expo/Crenshaw Station on the Crenshaw/LAX Line. The pics showcase a decked Crenshaw Boulevard and some of the [continue reading]
Homelessness on Metro: HWR, April 9
As waves of homeless descend onto trains, L.A. tries a new strategy: social workers on the subway (LAT) As waves of homeless descend onto trains, L.A. tries a new strategy: [continue reading]
Crenshaw/LAX from the air, Purple Line renderings, ridership: HWR, April 5
Art of Transit: First look at the Purple Line’s Westwood stations (Curbed LA) Fresh renderings of the final two stations of the Purple Line Extension at Wilshire and Westwood boulevards [continue reading]
Crenshaw/LAX Line from airplane, auto emissions vs EPA, Tesla: HWR, March 30
Dept. of I’m Back in L.A. after 45 day exile to Ohio!: If you have a window seat on any inbound flight to LAX you can get a view of [continue reading]
New Dodger Stadium Express video, housing and more housing: HWR, March 27
Editor’s note: I’m T-minus 48 hours from ending my current exile (parents versus old age) to Southwestern Ohio and some of the most sprawliest sprawl and worst Mexican food you’ll [continue reading]
Single family homes and the quest to build housing near transit: HWR, March 25
Plan to dramatically increase development would transform some L.A. neighborhoods (LAT) The LAT does some fine reporting on SB 827, the bill that seeks to allow much more housing to [continue reading]
Uber suspends self-driving car tests, Arts District rail, Cynthia Nixon: HWR, March 20
Self-driving Uber vehicle strikes, kills 49-year-old woman in Tempe (Arizona.com) Self-driving Uber kills pedestrian in Arizona, where robots roam (NYT) Exclusive: Tempe police chief says early probe shows no fault by Uber (S.F. Chronicle) The Arizona Republic reports the car was going about 40 mph, apparently didn’t slow down and [continue reading]