New video: constructing the Crenshaw/LAX Line
The above video is the first of three that we’ll roll out over the next few weeks highlighting key Metro projects that are under construction: the Crenshaw/LAX Line, the Regional [continue reading]
Congestion pricing study, transit vs public restrooms, Orange Line project: HWR, March 28
As many of you likely know, the Metro Board of Directors in February approved launching a feasibility study of congestion relief pricing, which is the use of tolls to manage [continue reading]
Service Advisory: Buses replace Gold Line service between Fillmore and Highland Park this Saturday
There will be no train service to Gold Line’s South Pasadena Station from 7: 30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 30 due to scheduled maintenance. Buses will replace [continue reading]
Vote for the winners! Purple Line Extension Section 2 TBM art and naming contest
A panel of judges made up of local community leaders helped select the tunnel boring machine (TBM) art and contest naming finalists last week from 175-plus entries from across Los Angeles [continue reading]
Preview of March Metro Board of Directors meeting
agenda and pdf is also here The Metro Board of Directors meets for its regular monthly meeting on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at Metro HQ adjacent to Union Station in DTLA. As always, the public is welcome to attend or you can watch/listen on the webstream. A webstream link will [continue reading]
Business Interruption Fund spotlight: Families United
Families United: New Beginnings is located along the Crenshaw/LAX Line project corridor. It was established by Executive Director Miki Hazzard in 2014. Families United provides out-patient services and classes to [continue reading]
Road safety, congestion pricing in Gotham: How We Roll, March 27
Art of Walking I’m sure you heard about the helicopter-landing-in-the-preserve-incident — by incident I mean “hopeful felony conviction.” Type in #antelopevalleypoppyreserve on IG and you can see all sorts of [continue reading]
New Blue Improvements Project construction update
As many of you hopefully know by now, the Blue Line is in the midst of the New Blue Improvements Project, a comprehensive $350-million modernization to improve reliability, enhance safety [continue reading]
A crochet workshop with Metro artist Clare Rojas and artist Ramekon O’Arwisters reveals the power of co-creation with community
Metro artist Clare Rojas invited artist Ramekon O’Arwisters to lead a public “Crochet Jam” recently at the Japanese American Community & Cultural Center that drew multi-generational participants. Community members from [continue reading]
Subway construction, car ownership, sprawl, biking to the poppies: HWR, March 25
Dept. of Purple Line construction: the footage was shot earlier this month. Also, here are some fresh pics at the top of this gallery. View this post on Instagram A [continue reading]