New Patsaouras Bus Plaza opens this Sunday, Nov. 1
Metro will open its new Union Station Patsaouras Bus Plaza with the start of service this Sunday, November 1. The new platform will be used by bus lines that run [continue reading]
New bus lane debuts on Aliso Street in DTLA to speed up bus trips
As any bus rider knows, there can be places along many routes that are well known for gumming up traffic and time munching delays. One of those bottlenecks is getting [continue reading]
Silver Line now running to San Pedro
This one is by request of many riders: Metro’s popular Silver Line will soon be extended to San Pedro and will replace the existing 450 Line. Here’s how it will work: •During [continue reading]
Two El Monte Busway stations to close temporarily for maintenance beginning Saturday
Two stations on the El Monte Busway, Cal State L.A. and LAC+USC Medical Center Station, will experience month-long closures due to partial or complete stairway replacement work this winter. [continue reading]
El Monte Busway closure Friday evening and most of Saturday due to Caltrans road work
UPDATE: The El Monte Busway will remain open on Sunday due to the Los Angeles Marathon. The El Monte Busway and I-10 ExpressLanes between Alameda Street and the I-710 Freeway will be closed this weekend due to Caltrans road work. This will impact the Metro Silver Line, Lines 485 and 487. [continue reading]
50K transponders issued so far; preparations underway to launch ExpressLanes on 10 freeway in early 2013
Here is the news release from Metro: Following on the heels of the successful opening of 11-miles of Metro ExpressLanes along the Harbor Freeway and with more than 50,000 Fastrak® ExpressLanes transponders issued, motorists this week will begin seeing messages on the giant display message boards along the I-10 San [continue reading]
El Monte Busway closed for construction this weekend between downtown L.A. and El Monte Station
Due to Metro ExpressLanes construction, the El Monte Busway will be closed from Alameda St to El Monte Station from 10 p.m. Friday, Nov.2, through 5 a.m. Monday, Nov. 5. All buses will use the general purpose lanes on the I-10 Fwy during this time. All buses at the LAC-USC [continue reading]
ExpressLanes video: carpool loyalty program
Metro’s ExpressLanes is gearing up for the fall debut of the HOT lanes on the 110 freeway between Adams Boulevard and the Artesia Transit Center. That will be followed next year by the arrival of HOT lanes on the 10 freeway between Alameda Street in downtown Los Angeles and the [continue reading]
Work continues on new El Monte Station
Here are three photos taken this past week of construction work on the new El Monte Station, which is scheduled to open in August. The new station will have much greater capacity than the old one, be able to serve buses of all sizes and is adding a regional transit [continue reading]
California’s first multi-modal system & the world’s first bus rapid transit station turn 40
Bus rapid transit in Los Angeles began with the El Monte Busway, which broke ground 40 years ago this week. Today BRT in L.A. has expanded to several other transportation corridors, but this is the original, the grand-daddy of them all: The first multi-modal system in California and the first [continue reading]