pdf download here The Metro Board of Directors meets at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 25, for its regular monthly meeting. As has been the case since last spring, the meeting will be held virtually due to the ongoing pandemic. In addition to the agenda above, this page also has links [continue reading]
With Metro’s light rail system expanding, Metro in 2012 ordered new P3010 light rail vehicles (LRV) from Kinkisharyo International. On Jan. 7, 2021 Metro received the final rail car of [continue reading]
The P865 light rail cars have been in service since 1990, when the Blue Line opened between downtown Long Beach and downtown Los Angeles. The Blue Line was the first [continue reading]
And here’s the video showing the first new Kinkisharyo train on the Blue Line in May: As we posted a couple months ago, the oldest rail cars on the Blue [continue reading]
In the Blue Line yards on Friday, a new Kinkisharyo train (at left) sits next to a train made up of the Nippon Sharyo P865 cars. Photo by Steve Hymon/Metro. A [continue reading]
Reminder: for those of you planning on going to the march Saturday, avoid long lines at the TAP vending machines by getting your TAP card ahead of time. More here. Dept. of Infrastructure Facts: I didn’t know Oroville Dam was taller than Hoover Dam. Now I do. Here’s what the [continue reading]
This was my seventh year at the agency and, by far, 2016 was the busiest. I usually like to put the end-of-the-year highlights in chronological order but I think four [continue reading]
The full press release is below. In three bullet points, here’s the news: •This is the 50th new light rail vehicle of the base order 0f 78 of the P-3010 light rail vehicles manufactured by Kinkisharyo. The total contract — including four options — calls for 235 new light rail [continue reading]
The Metro Expo Line will begin running every six minutes for the majority of the day starting Monday, Oct. 24. Trains until now have run every 12 minutes; the service changes are expected to help reduce crowding and wait times for riders. Day-to-Day Service Levels Monday through Friday: Expo Line trains will run [continue reading]
Art of Transit: Things on Twitter: what a shame and a lost opportunity. 😓 — Dulce Vasquez 🍬 (@vasquezdulce) September 14, 2016 Agree that a lot of people would have used the DSE tonight. But it’s ultimately up to promoters to allow bus service to stadium events. Hello transit, goodbye traffic! https://t.co/wRQBO2Hoih [continue reading]
