Metro is pleased by the Beverly Hills City Council’s decision on Tuesday to support its closure request of Wilshire Boulevard to help speed up construction of the Wilshire/Rodeo Station for the Purple Line Extension of the subway. The closure will allow Metro’s contractors to complete decking for the Wilshire/Rodeo station [continue reading]
The Metro Board’s Planning Committee today voted to authorize Metro to enter into a funding agreement with the city of Los Angeles to undertake pre-design activities, prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and conduct public engagement for a potential Arts District/6th Street Station for an amount of $500,000. The full Metro [continue reading]
Things to listen to whilst transiting: “Direct eye contract” by John McPhee about his attempts to see a bear in the wild in New Jersey. This is an audio version [continue reading]
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Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Gov. Brown signs bills allowing three-bike racks on transit buses (StreetsblogLA) “This new law allows 40-foot-long buses to be equipped with folding bike racks that [continue reading]
Metro held two community meetings on Thursday in Beverly Hills to explain upcoming work on the first phase of the Purple Line Extension that will run for 3.9 miles between the Wilshire/Western station and the new Wilshire/La Cienega station. The Beverly Hills Courier covered the meetings but their article did not fully [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Where traffic lights automatically give cyclists green lights (L.A. Streetsblog) The smallish Dutch city of Assen has reversed the natural order of things on most [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Art of Transit: from our Instagram page, the Gold Line’s Soto station. Beverly Hills versus Metro (Beverly Hills Weekly) Three [continue reading]
