Due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, no construction activity or closures will take place on the I-405 Sepulveda Pass widening project Friday night through Monday night. Work is currently scheduled to resume Tuesday, Jan. 19 in the same area as last night’s work between the Santa Monica [continue reading]
Metro has long used clever advertising campaigns to communicate certain “rules of the rail” to customers. Now Metro St. Louis is trying something similar. According to a post on the agency’s blog (disclosure: they were blogging before us) St. Louis buses and trains now have bold signage telling riders a [continue reading]
Move over “Avatar,” “The Road” and “The Book of Eli.” When it comes to contemplating the demise of civilization, L.A. transit is way ahead of you with a subway plan including stations that double as fallout shelters. L.A’s 1961 New Proposed Backbone Route Plan, which outlined elevated rail from El Monte to [continue reading]
Metrolink posted this on their website at 2:15 this afternoon. If you’re headed over to Union Station, there could be short delays and it’s also wise to check which track your train is leaving from — a few trains were shifted earlier. Update as of 2:15 pm A test train [continue reading]
It’s time for another edition of reader email to The Source. If you would like to comment on a post or have something transit-related you need to get off your chest, please email us at thesource@metro.net Michael Setty took issue with the state budget proposal by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger that [continue reading]
The latest from Metrolink — all but two tracks are going to reopen and officials may be able to open the two tracks by the afternoon rush hour: After an evaluation of the damage to the Cesar Chavez Avenue underpass, Metrolink and City of Los Angeles engineers have determined that [continue reading]
Metrolink officials are working on a plan for the afternoon commute due to the problem with the bridge over Cesar Chavez Blvd. I’ll post as soon as I get. In the meantime, you can follow Metrolink updates on Twitter — Metrolink updates their information frequently. Go to http://twitter.com/Metrolink to follow. [continue reading]
The Gold Line is back up and running out of Union Station but Metrolink and Amtrak service remains suspended. A bus bridge is apparently in the works to provide service for Metrolink customers this afternoon. More as soon as we get the info. Here’s the link to the Metrolink website.
Sheriff’s deputies are investigating reports of falling concrete on the Cesar Chavez underpass beneath the Union Station tracks. A bus bridge is in the works for the Gold Line. Here is the update from Metrolink’s website: Metrolink has been instructed to stop all train movements into and out of Union [continue reading]
After three days of delays — the latest due to weather — work is set to begin tonight on the northbound 405 carpool lane project. The work tonight will be on the stretch of freeway from the Santa Monica Freeway to Santa Monica Boulevard. Ramp closures are set to begin [continue reading]
