Silver Line now running to San Pedro
This one is by request of many riders: Metro’s popular Silver Line will soon be extended to San Pedro and will replace the existing 450 Line. Here’s how it will work: •During [continue reading]
Silver Line to San Pedro on Dec. 13
This one is by request of many riders: Metro’s popular Silver Line will soon be extended to San Pedro and will replace the existing 450 Line. Here’s how it will work: •During [continue reading]
How We Roll, Nov. 5: oil companies and climate change research, pricey parking
Art of Transit: From the Dept. of Twitter: Today in 1980, Los Angeles County voters approved Prop. A, a ½-cent sales tax for transportation (via @MetroLibrary) pic.twitter.com/r1trUfFUBK — Laura J. [continue reading]
Metro receives grant for bike path in South L.A.
Metro has received a $15-million federal TIGER grant to help construct 6.4 miles of the Rail-to-River pedestrian and bike path that would run between the future Crenshaw/LAX Line, the Silver Line and [continue reading]
Motorists to begin seeing first electronic ExpressLanes message boards along Harbor Freeway
The target opening date is now November of this year for the 110 freeway part of the project. The news release from Metro is below and here is the ExpressLanes home page. Construction work on the Harbor Freeway Transitway portion of the ExpressLanes project is nearing completion with Metro [continue reading]
ExpressLanes video: carpool loyalty program
Metro’s ExpressLanes is gearing up for the fall debut of the HOT lanes on the 110 freeway between Adams Boulevard and the Artesia Transit Center. That will be followed next year by the arrival of HOT lanes on the 10 freeway between Alameda Street in downtown Los Angeles and the [continue reading]
110 freeway gets its first ExpressLanes sign
The first ExpressLanes sign was installed on the northbound 110 on Wednesday at the Artesia Transit Center on Wednesday night. Some of the info on the signs is blocked to prevent driver confusion until the ExpressLanes on the 110 opens this fall. The ExpressLanes project will allow single motorists to [continue reading]
Metro CEO Art Leahy’s monthly report to the Board discusses Transitway accident, Beverly Hills trenching, Blue Line delays
During his monthly oral report to the Board of Directors, Metro CEO Art Leahy told the Board: •In the wake of the accident on Wednesday in which a private vehicle struck a platform on the Harbor Transitway and injured six people, Leahy said that he would ask Metro staff for [continue reading]
Accident on Harbor Transitway
Earlier this afternoon, a private vehicle struck the platform for the northbound Harbor Transitway station at the 105 freeway, injuring six or seven people, according to authorities and media reports. Service alerts are posted on the Metro.net homepage, on the MetroAlert Twitter feed or can be received by text message. [continue reading]
Carpool lanes on 110 freeway to be closed overnight for next 13 months
The 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. carpool and transitway closures begin Sunday night, Aug. 7 to accommodate the ExpressLanes project, which is converting the existing carpool lanes into toll lanes. The closures are scheduled to continue through Sept. 2012. Several bus lines, including the Silver Line, will be impacted. Please [continue reading]