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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 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]
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]
Election update: The L.A. County Registrar is still counting votes but is nearing the finish line. Here is the latest update on Measure M, which continues to be well over [continue reading]
There are two schools of thoughts on rookie quarterbacks. Sit ’em and let them sponge it all in or throw them into the fire. The Rams have chosen the fire. [continue reading]
