Crenshaw/LAX Line pics and getting to and from LAX: HWR, June 13
Art of Transit: A trio of pics of Crenshaw/LAX Line edition, which is scheduled to open next year. I took these pics just before landing at LAX on Tuesday — [continue reading]
Blue Line closures, Uber/Lyft vs transit, service changes: HWR, May 31
Let’s start with a friendly reminder: rail service on the northern section of the Blue Line from Compton Station to 7th/Metro will be suspended and replaced by bus shuttle service beginning tomorrow (Saturday, June 1) through September. Also tomorrow, Blue Line rail service resumes between Compton Station and Downtown Long [continue reading]
K-Town parking, San Francisco vs capitalism, Dodger great Bill Buckner: HWR, May 28
•Dept. of Reminder: rail service on the southern section of the Blue Line resumes on Saturday while rail service between 7th/Metro and 103rd St/Watts will be replaced by bus shuttles through September. This is part of the New Blue work to modernize the Blue Line. Please see this post for [continue reading]
The Thanos approach to fixing traffic: HWR, May 23
•Channeling his inner Bruce Banner, Howard Beale and/or Thanos, LAT columnist Steve Lopez says the apocalypse is nigh and something must be done ASAP about traffic and sky high housing costs in our region. As self-appointed King of California, Lopez declares: I will wipe out gridlock overnight by imposing a [continue reading]
Regional Connector pics, all-door boarding, SB 50: HWR, May 20
Art of Transit Construction: a couple pics from a staff tour on Friday of the Regional Connector project under DTLA. The Connector is trying together the Blue, Expo and Gold [continue reading]
Bike to Work Day, student fares, in praise of walking: HWR, May 16
Dept. of Instagram Stories: Check out the new IxN Customer Information Panels that are being installed on the Blue Line stations currently closed — they’ll be available when the southern section of the Blue Line reopens on June 1. Screen grab is above. From the Dept. of Bike to Work [continue reading]
Regional Connector schedule, bus lanes, Pacific Surfliner: HWR, May 13
•The LAT has a story on why the forecast completion of the Regional Connector has recently slipped from Dec. 2021 to spring/summer 2022. Among one of the challenges: labor shortages [continue reading]
A grand idea — a coast-to-coast rail-trail for cyclists: HWR, Friday, May 10
•It’s National Bike Month and one of the cooler ideas I’ve read is above: a network of rails-to-trails that a cyclist could use to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific [continue reading]
Regional Connector pics, housing and transit: HWR, May 8
Below are some pics taken this spring at or near two stations under construction for the Regional Connector — Historic Broadway (at 2nd and Broadway) and Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill [continue reading]
LeBron, traffic on the 405, protected bikeways: HWR, May 6
•Things to read whilst transiting: “How the Internet turned on LeBron James” in the NYT Magazine. •Things to listen to whilst transiting: Why the price of a bottle of Coke [continue reading]