Fresh pics: construction work on Crenshaw/LAX Line
Photos: LA Metro Above are some photos taken over the last several weeks of work on the Crenshaw/LAX Line, the 8.5-mile light rail line with eight new stations that will run [continue reading]
Fresh pics: first Regional Connector rail tunnel under Bunker Hill
Final preparations for the tunnel boring machine (TBM) arrival at Flower and 4th streets in downtown Los Angeles are underway on the Regional Connector project. This weekend, the Financial District [continue reading]
Digging done for Crenshaw/LAX rail tunnels
And some still images if you need ’em for social media, etc.: Nice milestone for the Crenshaw/LAX Line on Thursday morning: Harriet the tunnel boring machine arrived at the Leimert [continue reading]
New pics: Regional Connector progress on Bunker Hill and in Financial District
You may have seen that tunnel mining on the Regional Connector began a few weeks back. As the tunnel boring machine (known as ‘Angeli’) moves west across DTLA at a rate of 50 [continue reading]
Fresh pics: Crenshaw/LAX construction in progress along Florence Avenue in Inglewood
Track construction is currently underway along Florence Avenue between West Boulevard and Centinela Avenue, near Edward Vincent Jr. Park a.k.a “Centinela Park.” In the photos above, ballast rocks are being [continue reading]
Fresh pics: updates from underneath Wilshire/La Brea
The Purple Line Extension is extending the subway from its current terminus at Wilshire and Western for nine miles to Westwood. The project is being constructed in three phases. The [continue reading]
Actions taken today by the Metro Board of Directors
A webstream of the meeting will be posted here, likely within 24 hours: Listen and watch online here. (pdf of Board agenda here). We have separate posts for the new policing contract approved [continue reading]
How We Roll, Dec. 22: big rigs vs 210, Musk vs traffic, partially automated cars vs people
Art of Transit 1: Related: More recent Crenshaw/LAX Line construction pics. Art of Transit 2: Art of Transit 3: https://twitter.com/CurbedSF/status/812060405992407040 Big rig crashes on 210; Gold Line stopped in Pasadena (KTLA) The accident occurred on the 210 freeway between the Allen and Sierra Madre Villa stations at 4:52 a.m. today [continue reading]
Fresh pics! Crenshaw/LAX Line work
Harriet Begins Excavating Northbound Tunnel for Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project The Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project has reached 53 percent completion, according to Project Director Charles Beauvoir. The projected opening date for the [continue reading]
How We Roll, Nov. 21: dumb phones, infrastructure spending, rail-to-trails, SaMo vs the sea
Things to listen to whilst transiting: This American Life’s recent episode on the variety of reactions to the presidential election earlier this month. Always good to hear different points of [continue reading]