We’ve spent plenty of time looking back, with this past Wednesday being the 20th anniversary of the Blue Line and the birth of Metro Rail. I wanted to look forward today and provide a quick update where future Metro Rail projects were in the pipeline. The list below is of [continue reading]
[mappress] The ceremonial groundbreaking for the Gold Line Foothill Extension is tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Newcastle Park (101 Colorado Blvd.) in Arcadia. The event is open to the public and several public officials will be speaking about the long-awaited project, which is expected to begin construction later in the [continue reading]
If you haven’t Dumped the Pump yet there’s still time — the day is only half done. Metro and several public officials held a news conference at Union Station this morning to encourage residents of the area to take mass transit and/or to carpool and vanpool. Here’s the Metro press [continue reading]
Tomorrow is National Dump the Pump Day – a day set aside to encourage people to try public transit instead of driving. The idea, one we like to promote around here on a daily basis, is that switching to transit can save you money and reduce your oil consumption. Of [continue reading]
It’s been a while since we’ve featured the emails we get from our readers and since our last roundup we’ve received a lot of feedback on some big issues we’ve been covering. Our lengthy post answering some of the most common TAP card related questions is one issue that sparked [continue reading]
Lots of great music events this weekend and don’t forget the FREE Metro Art Tours on Saturday and Sunday put on by the Metro Art Docent Council. And hey, don’t forget to check out the grand opening of the new Gold Line Fillmore Station transit plaza on Saturday morning. Have [continue reading]
In Wednesday’s transpo headlines, we had an item about a speech that Federal Transit Administration chief Peter Rogoff gave at a transit conference this week. Rogoff made some pointed remarks, challenging transit officials to think about whether it was best to improve maintenance of their systems before expanding them. He [continue reading]
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is in Washington D.C. today to testify before Congress on the 30/10 Initiative that Metro is pursuing. Attentive readers will recall that the 30/10 plan proposes to build a dozen Measure R transit projects in the next 10 years instead of the next 30. Villaraigosa [continue reading]
The first public scoping meeting for the South Bay Green Line Extension project is tonight with three additional meetings scheduled through May 5th. The South Bay Green Line extension would be a rail alternative to the I-405 corridor and provide connections to the Blue Line and the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor [continue reading]
An extension of the Green Line from its current terminus in Redondo Beach to the Torrance Transit Center is currently being studied by Metro. The project is in its draft environmental study phase and a new round of meetings begins soon to give the public a chance to catch up [continue reading]
