Of Century City, the Boring Co. and Taylor Swift: How We Roll, March 12
Dept. of Taylor Swift: 7th and Metro Center makes a cameo in her new video. Dept. of Elon Musk: Yeah, he gets his own department on the Source. This thread [continue reading]
Ridership, bridge building, streetcars: HWR, March 7
Art of Transport: How they build bridges in China. Just awesome pic.twitter.com/WFD6xlxX9d — The Invisible Man (@invisibleman_17) March 5, 2018 Art of Transit: Real time arrival predictions pic.twitter.com/qnGSPDdqBy — Scott [continue reading]
Crime on Metro system down in 2017 compared to previous year
Metro crime data from Jan. 2018. Click on page above to see larger. It goes without saying that safety and security is a very big deal for Metro customers — riders have told the agency that over and over. And the message was received. In July, the Long Beach and [continue reading]
Metro takes on operator assault in new campaign
Everyone realizes Metro bus operators have the daunting task of safely getting bus patrons where they need to go while battling our region’s often congested streets. The job is tough [continue reading]
How We Roll, March 6: is tolling the thing that will ‘fix’ traffic?
ICYMI: I was a little surprised I didn’t get more push back or comments on last week’s How We Roll that posed the question whether driving was getting any cheaper. [continue reading]
Final Update: Purple Line resumes normal service for Monday morning commute
10:15 a.m.: A 62-year-old man was “was booked on suspicion of murder and is being held in lieu of $2 million,” reports the Los Angeles Times. 5:15 a.m.: The investigation has been completed, and all Purple Line service has been restored. PURPLE LINE: trains turn back at Westlake/MacArthur, buses replace trains between [continue reading]
New contract approved to increase police presence on Metro system
(pdf file of Board report is here) After a three month delay, a new policing contract that splits the work of patrolling the Metro system between three police agencies was approved by a 12 to 0 vote Thursday by the Metro Board of Directors. Going forward, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department [continue reading]
Plan to reduce delays and travel time while increasing security on Blue Line is announced
At Thursday’s Metro Board meeting, Metro CEO Phil Washington announced that the agency has begun an “action plan” to reduce delays that in recent months have plagued the Blue Line, Metro’s [continue reading]
Metro Board to tackle policing contract, Union Station run-through tracks, all-door boarding and more at Thursday’s meeting
The Metro Board of Directors meets Thursday morning in what should be a doozy of a meeting with lots of interestingness on the menu. The agenda is above (pdf here) and includes links to staff reports. The meeting will be webcast as soon as it begins (scheduled for 9 a.m.). [continue reading]
How We Roll, Jan. 12: Go Metro to see your Los Angeles Chaaaargers!
More on the Chargers below. ICYMI: As expected, the announcement by Metro yesterday that the agency was partnering with Peace Over Violence to create a telephone hotline open 24/7 to victims [continue reading]