Decking for Wilshire/La Brea subway station begins third phase this weekend
The early work on construction of the new Purple Line subway station at the Wilshire and La Brea is moving along at a nice clip — see the recent pics [continue reading]
Road detours for Crenshaw/LAX Line work to begin March 15
Here is the news release from Metro: Road detours to accommodate excavation, decking of second Crenshaw/LAX underground light-rail station to begin March 15 The Crenshaw/MLK station — the second underground station to be built for the Crenshaw/LAX light-rail project — will begin excavation and decking operations at 9 p.m. Sunday, [continue reading]
Century Crunch, update #5
The CenturyCrush is proceeding nicely. Most of the mid span has been taken down. Hopefully they're ahead of schedule pic.twitter.com/zRFQw9474t — Kevin Takumi (@KevinTakumi) July 26, 2014 Good morning! Demolition work overnight went according to plan and traffic to and from the airport is flowing well. The intersection of Aviation [continue reading]
Century Crunch, update #4
Traffic in/around LAX running smoothly. Big thnx to people using public transit. Pls keep it up! #CenturyCrunch — LAX Airport (@flyLAXairport) July 26, 2014 Report from LAX and #CenturyCrunch: tumbleweeds, at least leaving airport — Adam Nagourney (@adamnagourney) July 26, 2014 At LAX, departing travelers still saying they had minimal [continue reading]
Motorists and the general public have options for accessing LAX during Century Crunch, July 25-28
This is it, folks. The intersection of Aviation and Century boulevards closes tonight at 9 p.m. and will remain closed until 6 a.m. Monday in order to demolish an old railroad bridge to make way for the Crenshaw/LAX Line. Those headed to Los Angeles International Airport this weekend should either [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Monday, July 21: preparing for the 'Century Crunch'
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! Century Crunch could make journey to LAX worse (Daily Breeze) Coverage of the closure this weekend of the intersection of Aviation and Century boulevards near [continue reading]
Video of this morning's 'Century Crunch' media event
Above please find video of the media event held earlier today to announce the closure of the intersection of Aviation and Century boulevards for 57 hours from the night of Friday, July 25, through the early morning of Monday, July 28. If you or someone you know is headed to [continue reading]
Attention LAX passengers: Aviation/Century intersection to be closed July 25-28 — allow extra time driving to airport!
A media event was held this morning. In the meantime, above are the important visuals, including a map of the impacted area, the detour map and a rendering of the Aviation/Century station that will be shared by the Crenshaw/LAX Line and the Green Line. The bridge needs to be demolished [continue reading]
Detour map for closure of Aviation and Century boulevards July 25-28 for Crenshaw/LAX Line bridge demolition
As we posted recently, the old railroad bridge over Century Boulevard needs to be demolished to make way for the Crenshaw/LAX Line and the Aviation/Century station. That means there will be a 57-hour closure of the intersection of Aviation and Century from the evening of July 25 through early morning [continue reading]
Reminder: Crenshaw Boulevard closures begin tonight for construction of light rail line — here's the detour map
This it, folks: Major construction of the Crenshaw/LAX Line begins tonight. That means there will be street closures along Crenshaw Boulevard, as shown in the above map, in order to accommodate the work. Please see this earlier Source post for more information about upcoming construction activities and bus stop relocations along Crenshaw Boulevard. [continue reading]