The Green Line is 25 years old. Some thoughts on that.
Today, August 12, is the 25th anniversary of the C (Green) Line. Let’s pause and let the, uh, enormity of the moment sink in. If you’re sensing a certain ambivalence, [continue reading]
LA Metro mourns civil rights icons Rep. John Lewis and Rev. C.T. Vivian
LA Metro joins the nation in mourning the passing of American civil rights icons Congressman John Lewis and Reverend C.T. Vivian. Our country has lost two indefatigable leaders for civil rights and justice, both of whom were widely known as the conscience of America. As recent events have shown, our [continue reading]
After decades of talk, talk and more talk, subway tunneling began Monday for Purple Line subway extension
After several decades of talk and plans that never came to fruition, subway tunneling began Monday afternoon under Wilshire Boulevard for the Purple Line Extension project. The above video shows [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]
Off Peak podcast: First woman everything
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/episode-6-first-woman-everything?in=metrolosangeles/sets/off-peak On our season finale episode of Off Peak, we interview a singular woman in transit history. In 1971 Leilia Bailey-Leahy was the first woman hired as a bus operator [continue reading]
Q&A: 25 years and counting of Metro Rail, part two
The Metro Blue Line opened on July 14, 1990. Here’s the link to part one of our big anniversary Q&A. Will Metro Rail ever connect to LAX in some sort of [continue reading]
Q&A: 25 years and counting of Metro Rail, part one
It’s time for the big Metro 25th Rail Anniversary Q&A! Here we go… What’s the significance of July 13, 1990? On that day, Los Angeles County had roughly 8.6 million [continue reading]
Metro podcast: Ethan Elkind's "Railtown" about L.A.'s emerging transit scene
I had the chance recently to speak with Ethan Elkind, whose new book “Railtown” does an excellent job of telling an important story: the history of rail transit in Los Angeles [continue reading]
Historic Lankershim Depot gets extreme makeover
Metro today announced that it has completed a $3.6-million restoration of the historic Lankershim Depot near the Metro Orange and Red Lines in North Hollywood. The train depot, originally built in 1896 and historically known as Toluca Southern Pacific Train Depot, has undergone a major transformation. About 70 percent of the [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Tuesday, Oct. 14
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Metro bus driver quarantined after passenger yells ‘I have Ebola’ (L.A. Times) Non-hysterical and straight-up coverage of yesterday’s very unusual incident in which a bus [continue reading]