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 Take the bus to the car museum? Rapid 720, 780, AVTA 786 and Metro Bus 217 all have stops near Wilshire/Fairfax. ▫️ Photo 📸 @yutsai ▫️ #GoMetro #LoveMetroLA #petersenautomotivemuseum A post shared by Metro (@metrolosangeles) on Jul 10, 2018 at 9:37am PDT [continue reading]
Metro’s project to build a light rail line between Artesia and downtown Los Angeles — formally known as the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor — is in the planning [continue reading]
Starting this Friday, July 13 at 9 p.m. through close of service Sunday, July 15, there will be no Blue Line service to Compton, Artesia and Del Amo Station in [continue reading]
Take a little more transit and eat a little less meat — two things you can do to reduce your impact on the environment. In this installment of Meatless Mondays [continue reading]
Union Station has partnered with California Certified Farmers Markets to bring the new Train-to-Table Farmers Market to Union Station’s South Patio (it’s next to the waiting room) beginning this Thursday, [continue reading]
Construction of the Regional Connector has reached the halfway mark, and crews can now start building the connection to the 7th St/Metro Center station in downtown L.A.’s Financial District. Beginning Saturday, [continue reading]
Hope everyone had a not-so-productive and relaxing holiday in advance of the coming heatwave. Dept. of Curious Journalists: It's the day after a holiday, and I'm feeling a little devil-may-care, so let's do this: What's your weirdest, grossest or most memorable experience with one of the upholstered seats on @metrolosangeles? [continue reading]
Celebrate America’s birthday by learning all about Metro’s regional projects and programs. All Service Councils, except San Fernando Valley, will meet in July. The other four Service Councils will receive a Metro Community Education Programs overview, a Regional Service Performance Report, and adopt their work plans for Fiscal Year 2019. [continue reading]
Above is some fresh video of excavation work in the future Wilshire/Fairfax Station on the first section of the Purple Line Extension that runs for 3.9 miles between Wilshire/Western and [continue reading]
