How We Roll, Nov. 1: the week that will never end
Department of Countdowns: It’s about 154 hours until Election Day, but it’s feeling more like 127 hours if you know what I mean. Things to read whilst transiting: what [continue reading]
Metro receives 50th new light rail vehicle from Kinkisharyo
The full press release is below. In three bullet points, here’s the news: •This is the 50th new light rail vehicle of the base order 0f 78 of the P-3010 light rail vehicles manufactured by Kinkisharyo. The total contract — including four options — calls for 235 new light rail [continue reading]
Expo Line trains now running every six minutes on weekdays
The Metro Expo Line will begin running every six minutes for the majority of the day starting Monday, Oct. 24. Trains until now have run every 12 minutes; the service changes are expected to help reduce crowding and wait times for riders. Day-to-Day Service Levels Monday through Friday: Expo Line trains will run [continue reading]
Ceremony: tunnel boring machine named and lowered for Regional Connector
A ceremonial naming and lowering of the tunnel boring machine that will dig the twin tunnels for the Regional Connector project in downtown L.A. was held today in Little Tokyo [continue reading]
Dodger Stadium Express ready to help fans eager to witness Cubs loss/heartbreak
It has come down to this: the Dodgers must save the Cubs from themselves because a World Series win by the Chicago Cubs would absolutely ruin them and everything that [continue reading]
How We Roll, Oct. 13: transit woes in the swamps of Jersey
From the latest Nobel winner for literature: Baseball vs Climate Change: The Dodgers play the Senators today in D.C. for the right to destroy the Cubs’ hopes and dreams in [continue reading]
Regional Connector decking work to begin this weekend along Flower Street in DTLA
Regional Connector Constructors (RCC) work crews under contract to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will begin a series of full weekend closures along Flower Street in downtown Los Angeles between 3rd and 5th streets in order to perform cut and cover/decking activities for the Regional Connector Transit [continue reading]
Go Metro to Taste of Soul on Oct. 15
Los Angeles’ largest free street festival, Taste of Soul, is back on Saturday, Oct. 15! From American to Jamaican food, savory to sweet, there is no reason why your taste [continue reading]
Regional Connector reaches ‘steady state’ at future 1st/Central Station in Little Tokyo
The Regional Connector project last week entered a new phase of construction—known as ‘steady state’—at the future underground 1st/Central Station in Little Tokyo. Construction at the easternmost end of the Connector’s [continue reading]
The 2024 Los Angeles Summer Olympics bid and Metro
We’re less than a year from learning whether Budapest, Paris or Los Angeles will host the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. The International Olympic Committee will pick a city next [continue reading]