Ballot measure: bus rapid transit on Vermont Avenue in L.A.
One in a series of posts that will look at projects and programs that would receive funding from the sales tax ballot measure that the Metro Board has approved to send [continue reading]
How We Roll, May 3: Azusa parking situation, pedestrian woes, airport lines
Department of I’m Just Trying to Help/Things to listen to whilst transiting: For younger riders scratching their heads at the geezer rock lineup at this fall’s Desert Trip in Coachella, [continue reading]
Metro to offer free rides, station celebrations as part of Expo Line grand opening May 20-21
As part of the celebrations for the opening of the Expo Line to Santa Monica on Friday, May 20, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will offer free [continue reading]
Look, listen, stay alive: 7 rail safety tips as Expo Line reaches Santa Monica
It’s been more than 60 years since passenger rail last entered Santa Monica, and now we’re seeing test trains roll through each and every day. As we enter the last month [continue reading]
How We Roll, April 20: a tale of two cities and two approaches to signal priority for trains
Things to read whilst transiting: A Pulitzer went earlier this week to the great New Yorker article about the Pacific Northwest’s earthquake challenges and the lack of response to it [continue reading]
How We Roll, April 15: Blue Line, Expo Line, NoHo to Pasadena Express
Things to watch whilst transiting: Cool LAT video taken hundreds of feet above DTLA from a crane working on the under-construction Wilshire Grand. Things to read whilst transiting: NASA gently pushes back at climate change deniers on its Facebook page, so points out the Huffington Post. Art of Transit: Detectives investigate [continue reading]
Metro renames Pico Station for Kobe Bryant for the day
To honor Lakers great Kobe Bryant on his final National Basketball Association (NBA) game after a stellar 20-year career with the team, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) [continue reading]
Let’s talk about crowding on Gold & Expo
If Gold and Expo Line trains have seemed more crowded to you lately, that’s because they are. The Gold Line is seeing more riders since the opening of the extension [continue reading]
Crowding on the Gold and Expo Lines
If Gold and Expo Line trains have seemed more crowded to you lately, that’s because they are. The Gold Line is seeing more riders since the opening of the extension [continue reading]
Bridge demolished in DTLA for Regional Connector’s 2nd/Hope Station
A lot of the attention on the Regional Connector project has lately been focused on the track relocation work in Little Tokyo. But other vital work continues as shown in [continue reading]