I’m very curious to hear everyone’s comments on the article that ran in the Los Angeles Times this morning. I highly encourage everyone to read it — no grazing please. The story is very good and thorough. The gist of it: Metro staff are recommending that congestion pricing — tolling [continue reading]
The Blue Line will undergo a comprehensive $350-million modernization beginning Jan. 26 to improve reliability, enhance safety and improve the customer experience. The Blue Line south closure, from Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station to [continue reading]
Art of Transit: View this post on Instagram We’re almost through the week (and the storms…) ◽️ photo 📸 @ssjr__13 ◽️ #losangeles #GoMetro #larain #greyscale A post shared by LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) on Jan 16, 2019 at 6:03pm PST Dept. of All the Transit News Fit to Print, Courtesy [continue reading]
Metro’s MicroTransit project has posted an online survey. The project — which will go by the name Metro Ride — will offer shared, on-demand rides up to 20 minutes in length in service areas to be announced later in the year. Metro is currently working with three firms under contract [continue reading]
The Draft Environmental Impact Report for Metro’s Link Union Station (Link US) project was released Thursday. The report can be read here. Public comment is being accepted from today through March 4 and a public hearing is being held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Jan. 29 in the [continue reading]
Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day by going Metro to the 34th annual Kingdom Day Parade on Monday, Jan. 21. The Expo Line Expo/Western and Expo/Crenshaw stations are just a short [continue reading]
Seattle has more construction cranes than any other U.S. city — again. Here's how the city stacks up against others. https://t.co/yIwpwMGHrp pic.twitter.com/RGNq0cAA3s — The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) January 16, 2019 L.A. gets a Silver Medal! A lot of them, as far as I can tell, are near transit lines. See: [continue reading]
This year’s Women’s March will take place on Saturday, Jan. 19, and turnout is expected to be pretty big. Metro Rail will run enhanced service on all lines from 6 a.m. to [continue reading]
July 8, 2018 was the hottest day on record in Los Angeles. By 2050, Los Angeles will experience longer and more intense heat waves above 105°F. Higher temperatures, along with [continue reading]
Metro has posted a new round of Safetyville videos this week. The idea here is a good one: use stick figures to vividly show the pitfalls of behaving dangerously around trains, which are really big, don’t stop on a dime and extremely worthy of everyone’s respect. The first set of [continue reading]
