Dept. of Bus Benches: Check out this thread. I literally can’t think of much use for a bus bench other than…a bus bench. https://twitter.com/Matt_Winner310/status/1018934668861661184 Inglewood explores building a people mover from Metro’s Crenshaw line to NFL stadium, The Forum (Daily Breeze) The new stadium for the Rams and Chargers will [continue reading]
It’s been just over two years since Metro debuted its Unsolicited Proposal Policy. In that time, the policy has exceeded expectations, in the number of proposals generated (113 to date; 16 for megaprojects), the ability of Metro to advance those ideas to implementation (more than a dozen) and the quality [continue reading]
Metro light rail car 144 will make its last run on July 25 before retirement. Afterwards, it will be trucked to its new home at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris. Car 144 was one of 54 identical “P865” type cars to open service on the Los Angeles-to- Long [continue reading]
Art of Transit: View this post on Instagram A post shared by LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) Pasadena to pull out of Metro Bike Share one year after launch (Pasadena Star News) Metro officials say they are disappointed and point to coming improvements in the Metro Bike Share system — such as [continue reading]
pdf here, with links to individual items. Here’s the webstream and the recap. Among the actions taken, the Board of Directors: •Adopted light rail as the “locally preferred alternative” for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor project. In English, that means the Board will consider giving their stamp of [continue reading]
Dept. of New Map of West Santa Ana Branch Corridor project: The map shows the route under study on the southern end of the project and the two primary routes being studied further for the north part of the line. Here’s the project home page. Art of Transit: Looking south [continue reading]
A 9.2-mile light rail line between the Orange Line’s Van Nuys Station and the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station was approved by the Metro Board of Directors today as the “preferred [continue reading]
An open house to discuss several projects involving the Orange Line was held last week in North Hollywood. Here’s the pdf and above is a video of the meeting. You can also watch a version in Spanish. Among those is the Orange Line Improvements Project, which seeks to speed up buses, [continue reading]
Metro will implement bus service changes to improve productivity and service quality on Sunday, June 24. The service changes include implementation of the Warner Center Shuttle, minor route and schedule adjustments, and implementation of all-door boarding on Vermont Avenue Metro Rapid Line 754. New timetables are here and links are [continue reading]
Update, June 20: The Metro Board’s Planning Committee approved the staff recommendation today. The item now goes to the full Board on June 28. Metro Board Member Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker also [continue reading]
