Go Metro to the USA City Games at the Coliseum this Saturday
After four long years, the USA City Games – better known as the L.A. Watts Summer Games – will return to Los Angeles on Saturday, June 17! The USA City [continue reading]
Go Metro to Mexico vs. Croatia at the Coliseum
Sure, maybe the Mexico vs. Croatia match tomorrow at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is technically just a “friendly,” but that’s no excuse to be any less passionate about your [continue reading]
New Kinkisharyo rail cars roll on to the Blue Line
In the Blue Line yards on Friday, a new Kinkisharyo train (at left) sits next to a train made up of the Nippon Sharyo P865 cars. Photo by Steve Hymon/Metro. A [continue reading]
Metro releases RFP to study Sepulveda Pass transit options
In a significant initial step to bring a transit line through L.A.’s notoriously congested Sepulveda Pass, Metro on Wednesday issued a Request for Proposals to study the feasibility of various [continue reading]
Final update: Blue and Expo Line service restored to 7th/Metro
UPDATE, 10:15 P.M.: As always, thank you to everyone for their patience! Repairs to the overhead wires have been made and both tracks to/from 7th/Metro Center are back in service. BLUE/EXPO: trains resuming normal service to all stations pic.twitter.com/jyXbDXarte — LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) April 8, 2017 EXPO LINE: Board Blue [continue reading]
Metro partners with Waze for rail crossing alerts
As part of increased efforts to promote rider safety, Metro’s Transit Safety Programs (TSP) has rolled out a new all-inclusive media safety campaign that began in March and will run [continue reading]
Paid parking at NoHo and Universal City begins April 24
In order to better manage demand for parking at two very busy Red Line subway stations and create more parking spaces for transit riders, Metro will begin charging $3 a [continue reading]
Metro announces public private partnership with Stark Industries to extend Expo Line to Catalina Island
Super exciting transit news! Metro is gearing up to break ground on Expo Line Phase 3 to Catalina Island. Thanks to funding and technology provided by tech visionary Tony Stark, the [continue reading]
CicLAvia opens streets and minds to transit
This is a joint post by Metro and 8 80 Cities Los Angeles County just learned a little more about how bike and rail rides go together like the sun and [continue reading]
How We Roll, March 27: If you were the Dark Lord of the freeways, how would you rule them?
Art of Transit: View this post on Instagram A post shared by LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) More CicLAvia pics here, btw. L.A. will consider tighter rules for carpool and toll lanes (LAT) The Metro Board voted 11 to 1 last week to ask for a study of strategies that can [continue reading]