View this post on Instagram It's road plowing season in Yosemite! While road crews have made it to Glacier Point, much work remains before the Glacier Point Road can open (there is no estimate yet). Meanwhile, crews working on Tioga Road have plowed several miles from Tuolumne Grove (near Crane [continue reading]
The first segment of the Red Line subway opened Jan. 29, 1993 — 25 years ago today. Metro held a media event at Union Station this morning to celebrate and [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors approved a motion today by a 12 to 0 vote that calls for Metro to fund local road improvements to address traffic congestion caused by the 4.5-mile gap in the 710 freeway between Alhambra and Pasadena. Many Board Members said they hoped to do something immediate [continue reading]
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) today announced a new partnership with city, county and neighborhood organizations to open a community market where vendors can sell their goods [continue reading]
Metro dedicated plaques on Tuesday for the late L.A. County leader and former Monrovia Mayor Bob Bartlett at its Monrovia Gold Line operations campus as well as the city’s Metro Gold Line Station. Metro’s operation campus on California Avenue has also officially been renamed to “Division 24: Robert ‘Bob’ Bartlett Monrovia [continue reading]
You can also download or print a pdf of the agenda from this link. I’ll update this post as the meeting continues. •The Board Approved the final environmental study for the [continue reading]
Furthering its commitment to assist transit passengers who have experienced unwanted sexual contact, Metro today announced a first-of-its-kind 24/7 sexual harassment counseling hotline. The hotline, 1-844-Off-Limits (633-5464), will be staffed by counselors from the community advocacy organization Peace Over Violence, which has 45 years of experience counseling victims of sexual abuse [continue reading]
Art of Transit 1: Art of Transit 2: Art of Transit 3: Things to look at whilst transiting: fun photo essay at the New Yorker Photo Booth blog on cars [continue reading]
A new $10.5-million U.S. Department of Transportation grant will fund the purchase of 30 next-generation, near zero-emission compressed natural gas buses to run in the South Bay and Gateway Cities region, Metro announced today. The takeaways: •Combined with Metro’s $10.5-million match, a total of $21 million will be invested to replace [continue reading]
Measure M is Metro’s sales tax ballot measure that would raise the countywide sales tax by a half cent and continue the Measure R half-cent sales tax beyond its expiration date in mid-2039. The sales tax revenues would be used to fund a number of highway, transit, pedestrian and biking [continue reading]
