Here is the news release from Caltrans, which funds Amtrak service in California: Caltrans, Amtrak Announce New Bike Reservation Policy to Improve Customer Service and Enhance Safety SACRAMENTO – Amtrak California passengers traveling with bicycles can reserve onboard bike rack space free of charge beginning June 1, 2013 when booking travel on [continue reading]
Amtrak will host the sixth annual National Train Day this Saturday at L.A. Union Station from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The family friendly event is free to the public. Drop by to tour luxurious historic rail cars, freight trains and more. There will be live entertainment and giveaways, plus [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Delays, costs build up for 405 project (L.A. Times) A good look at the [continue reading]
The Los Angeles Union Station Master Plan team is releasing its draft alternatives today for improving the venerable station as a transit center. Among some of the proposals (shown above) are replacing the parking lots in front of the station with open space, building a new bus terminal to handle [continue reading]
This weekend is a three-day weekend for most – thank you, U.S. Presidents – and it could be just the right time for a leisurely train trip to San Francisco. P.S. Friendly reminder, today’s the last chance for Metro riders to get 10% off See’s Candies at the Union Station kiosk. Just [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. TIFIA loans likely skewed toward new road projects (The Transport Politic) Good post by [continue reading]
UPDATE 2 p.m.: Patsaouras Transit Plaza and the underground parking structure at the East Portal entrance to Union Station have reopened following a helicopter operation to lift equipment to the high-rise rooftop of Metro Headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. The transit plaza and surrounding streets were closed for safety precautions [continue reading]
Joint Timetable, Oct. revision Railroads in Southern California want to keep promoting the new joint timetable that debuted earlier this year. It’s the first time the timetables for Amtrak, Metrolink and the Coaster in San Diego County have been put in a single timetable. Paper versions will also soon be [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. OCTA Board rejects toll lanes for I-405 (Los Alamitos-Seal Beach [continue reading]
For those of you who use Union Station, this one's not exactly a shocker — everyone can see the crews that have been working on this project since the spring of 2011. Still, it's a pretty big deal. A new platform — for tracks 13 and 14 — and three [continue reading]
