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From the Twitterverse: Upside Down Photos of London Tubes Look Like Spaceships. By Photographer Meli Bagdavadze. (https://t.co/50gDucZa5m) pic.twitter.com/V8Pd8OzNr1 — 41 Strange (@41Strange) December 11, 2019 Train Lines in the United States Views, Ranked: 1) LA Gold Line 2) CTA Green Line 3) NYC M / Q Train 4) San Diego [continue reading]
Dept. of Construction — This was shot a couple weeks ago on section one of the Purple Line Extension and shows tunneling and other work. Cool. Dept. of Twitter The FTA's acting administrator told me a year ago that the Purple Line's package of federal grants and low-interest loans — [continue reading]
Dept. of Public Policy: thinky thread below on whether zero emission buses may attract new bus riders. I would posit that most riders care very little about how their buses are powered, compared to whether they arrive on time and get them where they're going quickly. https://t.co/pcjgiUOveU pic.twitter.com/MZxw6OChpT — Laura [continue reading]
•Curbed LA seems to like the renderings of the new Red/Purple Line subway cars with bench seating — and notes that bench seating would make them easier to clean. Lots of reaction to this from the public — 342 comments alone on our IG post. Here is the original Source [continue reading]
Dept. of Heads Up!: early Crenshaw/LAX Line train testing continues on the southern part of the line — with testing earlier this week reaching Florence and Hindry avenues in Inglewood. Pedestrians, cyclists and motorists should be alert at street crossings (there are also Metro personnel on site). Here’s a short [continue reading]
Dept. of Twitter: Marin NIMBYs: If you put a bike lane on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, no one will use it. Bay Area cyclists: Hold my beer. pic.twitter.com/GLlRCtliPp — Peter Flax (@Pflax1) November 17, 2019 Looks like as many bikes as cars in that photo. I'm still not quite sure [continue reading]
The LAT is providing updates on today’s shooting at Saugus High School. *** Quick update on A Line service this week — it has been better this although there were delays Tuesday due to train congestion and, separately, a car blocking the tracks in Long Beach. The vast majority of [continue reading]
•Thoughts on Service #1: we’re glad that regular train service between Long Beach and DTLA has been resumed on the A Line — and that six-minute peak hour service has [continue reading]
Wildfires: The Tick Fire in Canyon Country and the surrounding area continues to burn. Due to the fire, parts of the 14 freeway are closed as of Friday morning. There may also be some scattered delays on Friday to bus routes in the San Fernando Valley as a result — [continue reading]
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]
