New video: constructing the Crenshaw/LAX Line
The above video is the first of three that we’ll roll out over the next few weeks highlighting key Metro projects that are under construction: the Crenshaw/LAX Line, the Regional [continue reading]
Community meetings begin later this month for Artesia-to-DTLA light rail project
Metro is holding three series of community meetings beginning later this month on the Artesia-to-downtown Los Angeles light rail project, also known as the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor [continue reading]
End of an era: the last P865 light rail car has been decommissioned
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]
Green Line Extension to Torrance: two routes recommended for further study
UPDATE: The Metro Board at its September meeting approved more study of these two routes. *** The Green Line Extension to Torrance project returns to the Metro Board of Directors [continue reading]
Aerial view: restoration work on Crenshaw Boulevard for Crenshaw/LAX Line
Metro began restoration work this month on the section of Crenshaw Boulevard where the Crenshaw/LAX Line is running underground — between the Expo Line and Vernon Avenue. Metro’s Joe Lemon [continue reading]
Light rail approved by Metro Board for Van Nuys to Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station transit line
A 9.2-mile light rail line between the Orange Line’s Van Nuys Station and the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station was approved by the Metro Board of Directors today as the “preferred [continue reading]
Metro staff recommends building light rail between Van Nuys and Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station
Update, June 20: The Metro Board’s Planning Committee approved the staff recommendation today. The item now goes to the full Board on June 28. Metro Board Member Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker also [continue reading]
Rail concepts released for Sepulveda Transit Corridor project
pdf here A series of three community meetings for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor project began tonight with Metro showing six initial concepts for the future rail line. The presentation is [continue reading]
DTLA to Artesia rail, Thanos & traffic & tragedy of the commons, ExpressLanes: HWR, May 2
Have been enjoying the #totalmuni2018 saga — two @sfchronicle reporters who are trying to take all the Muni lines in San Francisco in a single day! An equivalent adventure in Los Angeles would take… what… most of the work week? — Laura J. Nelson 🦅 (@laura_nelson) May 1, 2018 Hmm. [continue reading]
Upcoming Supplemental Alternative Analysis community meetings for Green Line Extension to Torrance
Metro will hold three community meetings later this month to discuss the current alternatives for a project that proposes to extend the Green Line for 4.6 miles from Redondo Beach [continue reading]