A groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday morning for a joint development project at the B (Red) Line’s Vermont/Santa Monica Station. Watch video of the event here. The development is being [continue reading]
•On the COVID-19 front, Metro continues to provide service for essential riders. Both Metro and the federal government are requiring face coverings to ride unless you have a medical excuse. •In brief, the news on the COVID-19 front is that case numbers and hospitalizations continue to trend down in L.A. [continue reading]
Metro remains in service to provide essential rides. As has been the case since last May, riders are required to wear face coverings unless they have a medical reason not to wear them. The number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have been in decline over the last couple weeks although [continue reading]
Metro’s Joint Development team is in the process of updating the agency’s affordable housing policy. The program allows Metro to collaborate with qualified developers to build transit-oriented developments on Metro-owned properties — usually parcels left over from construction of transit projects. As part of the policy update, the J.D. team has released [continue reading]
•Please stay safe during the ongoing heat wave — stay hydrated and try to find shade if you’re out. It’s currently about 104 degrees in my neck of the woods in Pasadena. With temperatures soaring and remaining in the triple digits for several days in a row, LA County is [continue reading]
From the Twitterverse: https://twitter.com/41Strange/status/1204844153730826245 Train Lines in the United States Views, Ranked: 1) LA Gold Line 2) CTA Green Line 3) NYC M / Q Train 4) San Diego Blue Trolley 5) Cleveland Subway https://t.co/UuJNkcyGod — Hunter Owens (@hunter_owens) December 11, 2019 Concur. Cleveland? Haven’t ridden that one but as [continue reading]
On October 17th Metro hosted an Open House to discuss transit-oriented development at the Little Tokyo/Arts District station for Metro’s Regional Connector project. In January 2019, Metro received development proposals [continue reading]
The planned Joint Development at North Hollywood Station between Metro and NoHo Development Associates LLC (the developer) returns to the Metro Board of Directors this month. Metro staff is [continue reading]
In the News #1: Metro announced today that the Blue Line will fully reopen in late October with more time needed for testing. Here’s the post. In the News #2: Work continues to fix the downed overhead wires on the Gold Line in Pasadena. The most recent service update along [continue reading]
Between some vacation time and other duties, it has been a while since I’ve rode herd on transportation-related news. So let’s see if the saddle still fits… •Long interview with Metro CEO Phil Washington at the Planning Report, but some pretty good nuggets in there on Metro’s challenges when it [continue reading]
