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]
Dept. of Regional Connector: View this post on Instagram A post shared by LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) Dept. of Go Metro to Sports: •LAFC has accumulated 55 points this season — the next closest team in the MLS has 45 points (and that team, Philly, isn’t even in the Western Conference). [continue reading]
Dept. of Purple Line construction: the footage was shot earlier this month. Also, here are some fresh pics at the top of this gallery. View this post on Instagram A [continue reading]
Measure M News: There was considerable press coverage of a court ruling Tuesday that upheld the ballot language of Measure M, Metro’s sales tax ballot measure that goes to voters [continue reading]
The lawsuit was brought by seven cities (Carson, Commerce, Norwalk, Torrance, Santa Fe Springs, Ranchos Palos Verdes and Signal Hill), alleging the language in the sales tax ballot measure language was misleading. A Superior Court judge today rejected their petition. From Metro: Metro is appreciative of the court’s ruling today. For [continue reading]
On the off chance that you haven’t yet encountered the above video on social media. Too bad he didn’t get the chance to be the next Batman and/or Robin. Art [continue reading]
Some very good news for Metro and the Purple Line Extension subway project arrived on Friday: in a federal lawsuit brought against the Federal Transit Administration, U.S. District Court Judge George Wu upheld the FTA’s prior approval of the project. What that means in non-legalese: Metro can move forward with finalizing a [continue reading]
Good morning from The Source satellite office in Mason, Ohio, where I’m on parental-unit duty this week. In between trips to Target and various other traffic-choked arterials and strip malls [continue reading]
Reminder: The telephone town halls on Metro’s potential ballot measure continue tonight at 6:15 p.m. (Westside and South Bay) and 7:30 p.m. (Southeast L.A. County) Click here for info on [continue reading]
Things to read whilst transiting: A Pulitzer went earlier this week to the great New Yorker article about the Pacific Northwest’s earthquake challenges and the lack of response to it [continue reading]
