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. Balancing safety, security and saturation on the Blue Line (L.A. Streetsblog) Writer Sara Sulaiman [continue reading]
Metro held a press event this morning at the Blue Line Vernon Station to bring attention to train safety. While motor vehicle accidents have shown a steady decline over the past 23 years, pedestrian incidents remain a problem. Metro reminds all passengers to pay attention to warning signals and bells [continue reading]
•The Board approved a motion by Board Chair and Supervisor Mike Antonovich that Metro take a position of support for a federal loan application for Desert Xpress project, which proposes to connect Las Vegas, Victorville and Palmdale by high-speed rail. The motion does not involve any financial support for the [continue reading]
A male pedestrian was struck and killed by a northbound Blue Line train at about 7:39 p.m. Thursday night in downtown Los Angeles. The incident occured on Flower Street, south of Venice Boulevard. The incident is being investigated; the victim was described as a male in his 40s. The Associated [continue reading]
Our four part series on Blue Line safety garnered a lot of great feedback, some of which we’ll be featuring in this special edition of Reader email. If you need a refresher, here are links to the entire series: Part I: Engineering safety into the Blue Line Part II: Enforcement [continue reading]
A man in his mid-60s was struck and killed by a Blue Line light rail train on Sunday morning, according to Metro officials and the L.A. Times. The accident happened about 10 a.m. as the southbound train approached the Vernon station in South Los Angeles. Metro officials said that the [continue reading]
