Metro invites you to celebrate the halfway construction completion milestone for Section 1 of the Purple Line Extension! ‘Halfway to La Cienega’ is a free community event, open to the [continue reading]
Here’s a fun fact: paleontologists estimate that less than one percent of life on earth turns into fossils. That’s why all fossils are of interest. They’re rare. Rare as they [continue reading]
Would you like to watch paleontologists work on the Purple Line Extension fossil finds? For the next several months, you can visit the Paleontology Laboratory at the La Brea Tar [continue reading]
We Found Bones! Quick Facts: • Bones were found 16 feet below Crenshaw Boulevard, between 63rd Street and Hyde Park Boulevard. • One bone is a fragment of a bison. [continue reading]
ICYMI: fossils of ancient elephants were found in the Wilshire/La Brea Station excavation site recently. Parts of one fossil have been identified as belonging to an adult mastodon, while the [continue reading]
Parts of two ancient elephant relatives were found in the past week during excavation work on the future Wilshire/La Brea Station for the Purple Line Extension subway, Metro announced today. These [continue reading]
The La Brea Tar Pits is one of the world’s most famous fossil sites, and lucky for us Angelenos, it’s smack in the middle of our city on Miracle Mile. [continue reading]
Click on any photo to see larger. My colleague Dave Sotero and I had a chance today to visit the exploratory shaft being dug as part of the Purple Line Extension subway project. If you’ve been to LACMA recently, you may have noticed the big wall covered with Metro posters [continue reading]
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! ART OF TRANSIT: Great pic from our always-lively Instagram feed. Traffic fears guide Bergamot development debate (Santa Monica Daily Press) Planning commissioners take a look [continue reading]
I hope everyone had a great time at CicLAvia yesterday and please enjoy the above photo gallery. A few quick thoughts: •Congrats to the folks at CicLAvia and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation for keeping the bike traffic moving. Bikes only had to stop for cross-traffic on a handful [continue reading]
