592,000 boardings on Metro Rail on Saturday
As thousands converged on downtown Los Angeles for the Saturday Women’s March, Metro Rail carried a total of 592,000 boarding passengers – 360,000 more riders than on a typical Saturday. [continue reading]
Culver City Station parking lot closes Feb. 14
The day is nearly here: construction is set to begin for a new development, The Ivy, that will occupy the parking lot adjacent to the Expo Line’s Culver City Station. [continue reading]
How We Roll, Jan. 11: Go Metro to Lucas Museum, ranking cities by jobs near transit, the next U.S. Transpo Secretary
The Art of Transit today is a no-brainer, given the winter storm that has descended on the Sierra Nevada the past few days. To wit: #CAStorm @jarrettmjackson of Mammoth Lakes, #California 1/9/17: "I'm too tired from shoveling snow to tweet anything…"#StormHour pic.twitter.com/T3rScwTLuQ — Ed Joyce (@EdJoyce) January 9, 2017 Wondering [continue reading]
Blue Line repairs completed, trains resuming normal service
Update, 7:15 a.m.: Repairs to the Metro Blue Line’s overhead wire system have been completed. Trains are resuming normal service with residual delays through morning rush hour. While we work to restore service, some trains will continue to run with two cars. Please board at the front or center of [continue reading]
How We Roll, Dec. 30: let’s close the book on 2016 and put the book on a shelf and maybe pull the book down and dust it off once in a while
Well, well, well. We have almost completed another trip around the sun and a lot of folks are saying — with some justification — that it perhaps was not the [continue reading]
New video: Regional Connector’s tunneling machine arrives at 1st/Central station
The Regional Connector’s tunnel boring machine (Angeli, as she’s known around these parts) has arrived at the 1st St/Central Avenue Station site in Little Tokyo. After lowering the machine one [continue reading]
How We Roll, Dec. 8: how dare those Ohioans and Parisians mock our traffic!
Programming note: today’s How We Roll comes to you from southwestern Ohio, i.e. the Cincinnati ‘burbs, where I’m back again dealing with some parental health issues. FWIW, after years of [continue reading]
Video: Regional Connector tunneling machine lowered part by part into the launch pit
Assembly of the Regional Connector’s tunnel boring machine (TBM), Angeli, has commenced. The machine’s heaviest components were lowered by a heavy-duty crane known as a gantry system. Each segment of [continue reading]
Metro bus and train service changes go into effect on Sunday, Dec. 11
Metro implements service changes and adjustments twice each year — in June and December. The above flyer has this December’s changes. One other notable change: the Expo Line will continue running every six-minutes during peak hours but will run every 12 minutes during mid-day hours (about 9 to 10 a.m. to [continue reading]
Metro Board approves next phase of parking fee program
The next phase of the Metro parking fee program was approved Thursday by the agency’s Board of Directors. The program began earlier this year when daily and monthly parking fees went into effect at three of the new Expo Line stations. (Staff report here) With the approval, parking fees will be continued [continue reading]