Speed Dating on the Red Line is back!
Dates are certainly not required for Valentine’s Day — especially if you, like me, prefer to celebrate an Anna on that day — but if you change your mind at [continue reading]
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Transportation headlines, Monday, February 2
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Obama’s budget: $100M for Purple Line to Century City
Good news for Los Angeles — President Obama’s proposed FY16 budget includes $100 million for the second section of the Purple Line Extension Project. Section two will run from Wilshire/La Cienega [continue reading]
Four Green Line stations to close this weekend for rehabilitation work
Metro will be conducting rail improvement work on the Green Line this weekend. In order to complete the work, four Metro Green Line stations — Mariposa, El Segundo, Douglas and Redondo Beach [continue reading]
Service Alert: Blue Line experiencing delays of up to 20 minutes
UPDATE, 9:10 p.m.: Weekend maintenance on the Blue Line will be pushed back tonight until further notice as the police finish their investigation of this evening’s incident. Trains will run between downtown LA and Long Beach with up to 20 min delays, sharing one track between Vernon and Florence. UPDATE, [continue reading]
Gateway Cities Service Council seeks public input on monthly meeting location
At their January meeting, the Gateway Cities Service Council discussed the idea of moving their monthly meetings to a later time to make it more convenient for the public to attend and participate. Since the room they currently hold their meetings at is currently not available in the evening, a [continue reading]
Regional Connector Photo Gallery: Señor Fish Demolition in Little Tokyo
Yesterday, Metro Regional Connector construction crews officially demolished the Señor Fish Building at the corner of First and Alameda in Downtown L.A.’s Little Tokyo District to make room for a [continue reading]
One year after groundbreaking, Crenshaw/LAX Line project moving forward on many fronts
The groundbreaking for the Crenshaw/LAX Line was one year ago this week. That makes this a good time to look back at the progress on the 8.5-mile, $2.058-billion light rail [continue reading]
This week’s Metro rider profiles by Zocalo Public Square
Above are the Metro riders profiled this week by Zocalo Public Square, which is taking a year-long look at some of the many people riding the Metro system. Here’s the news release about the series of posts. In the past week, riders have included a musician, a clothes purchaser, a [continue reading]
Go Metro Weekends, Jan 30 – Feb 1
A Sam Smith concert, a Mexican dance performance and a pair of museum exhibits are just a taste of what Los Angeles has to offer this weekend. See what else [continue reading]