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Good news for Blue Line and Expo Line riders: Metro announced today that it will run train service every six minutes across the morning and afternoon peak hours on weekdays. The Expo Line has been running every six minute trains during the peak of the peak hours and every eight [continue reading]
View this post on Instagram When Monday’s got you in a mood. 🚋 Photo 📸 @alaskangovernor 🚌 #GoMetro #caseofthemondays #metroartla A post shared by LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) on Oct 14, 2019 at 2:14pm PDT •Streetsblog LA reports that L.A. City Council Member and Metro Board Member Mike Bonin has [continue reading]
Note to readers: thanks for your patience with the infrequent posting by yours truly as of late. There have been some family health issues back in Cincinnati, where I grew up and have spent a lot of time the past few years. Feel free to email me with any Queen [continue reading]
Dept. of Dodger Stadium Express: The Dodgers’ magic number is down to four to clinch their seventh straight NL West division title. That means they’ll likely wrap things up this weekend, meaning in turn they’re likely to host game one of the Division Series on Oct. 3. The Dodger Stadium [continue reading]
This is a very big deal. https://t.co/TNYlTEScQk — John Gordon (@j6ordon) August 28, 2019 It’s not working yet on my phone or I’m too tech-dumb to get it to work, but I agree with my colleague John that this is a great transit-friendly feature. View this post on Instagram [continue reading]
•The Wall Street Journal looks at declining bus ridership in our region — boardings are down 24 percent on the Metro bus system since 2013 — and what might be done to fix it. The answers, at least in the confines of this article: more dedicated bus lanes and congestion [continue reading]
Art of DTLA: View this post on Instagram What station lies below? 🚋 Photo 📸 @kasa_1980s 🚌 #GoMetro #dtla #losangeles A post shared by LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) on Aug 14, 2019 at 5:27pm PDT •Things to listen to whilst transiting: I had no idea making and selling yogurt was [continue reading]
Dept. of Regional Connector: View this post on Instagram And we’re through! Crews have removed the concrete knock-out panel between 7th St/Metro Center and the Regional Connector tunnel. Now that the project has reached the connecting point, crews will be able to integrate the new rail line with Blue/Expo Line [continue reading]
As of 10:30 a.m. today, trhe Dodgers have an 18-game lead in the NL West over the D-Backs and the Giants. That means their magic number is now 30, which means that they could clinch the division by Labor Day. Which means the post-season is basically a mortal lock for [continue reading]
Between some vacation time and other duties, it has been a while since I’ve rode herd on transportation-related news. So let’s see if the saddle still fits… •Long interview with Metro CEO Phil Washington at the Planning Report, but some pretty good nuggets in there on Metro’s challenges when it [continue reading]
