Your playbook for going Metro this football season
Fans planning to cheer on any of the four L.A.-area college and pro football teams can avoid traffic and get straight to the gridiron action by going Metro! It should [continue reading]
Metro’s $350-million investment in modernizing the Blue Line will begin in January 2019
The Blue Line will undergo a comprehensive $350-million modernization beginning in January 2019 to improve reliability, enhance safety and improve the customer experience. Work to modernize the Blue Line — [continue reading]
Metro staff recommend three northern route options for further study for Artesia to DTLA rail project
UPDATE: Two Metro Board Committees — Planning and Construction — have sent this item without recommendation to the full Board for their consideration at their May 24 meeting. At the [continue reading]
First/Last Mile Plan to improve neighborhood access to Blue Line is adopted; first of its kind plan in U.S.
Above: pics of community outreach and audits done to identify first/last mile issues around Blue Line stations. Photos: Metro. The Blue Line First/Last Mile Plan was adopted Thursday by the [continue reading]
Project to upgrade pedestrian safety at 27 Blue Line crossings is now complete
A key Metro project to increase pedestrian safety at 27 Blue Line street crossings was completed this week when the California Public Utilities Commission gave its final approvals for the [continue reading]
Boring Company tunnels, who will ride transit to LAX: HWR, April 20
Dept. of Free Rides on Earth Day Celebrate Earth Day by taking going Metro to hike the San Gabriel Mountains, enjoy a free concert at Union Station and more. https://t.co/u2QGaUNWYp [continue reading]
Fresh pics: Regional Connector spring update
Significant progress has been made on the Regional Connector Transit Project since the beginning of this year. From Little Tokyo to the Financial District, crews have been busy mining tunnels [continue reading]
New Dodger Stadium Express video, housing and more housing: HWR, March 27
Editor’s note: I’m T-minus 48 hours from ending my current exile (parents versus old age) to Southwestern Ohio and some of the most sprawliest sprawl and worst Mexican food you’ll [continue reading]
What’s your vision for development at the future Little Tokyo/Arts District Station?
Metro is exploring development opportunities at the future Little Tokyo/Arts District Station site and wants to hear from you! Please visit our online survey to share your thoughts: bit.ly/MetroJD. Please forward [continue reading]
Two months a bus rider, dogs on transit, things to read: HWR, March 8
Things to read whilst transiting: Overlooked, a New York Times project to add obituaries for remarkable women who the paper overlooked when they died. Things to read 2: NYT tech columnist Farhad Manjoo got all his news from print newspapers for two months and turned off news alerts. How’d it [continue reading]