All you need to know about Expo Line
Hey Steve, when you lived in Santa Monica between 1996 and 2003 and then later covered politics and transportation as a reporter, did you ever believe the train would one day [continue reading]
How We Roll, May 11: will Expo2 change the course of human history?!
Things to listen to whilst transiting: Art of Transit: Watch the first passenger train travel from downtown L.A. to Santa Monica in 60 years (Gizmodo) Actually, 63 years. Nice piece [continue reading]
Here’s the list of Telephone Town Hall meetings on potential ballot measure
There will be general information about the potential ballot measure that Metro is considering, as well as info about projects specific to different parts of Los Angeles County. If you want to listen to any meeting, call 888-400- 1932 to hear it in English or 888-400-9342 for Spanish. Here’s the rest [continue reading]
Metro to offer free rides, station celebrations as part of Expo Line grand opening May 20-21
As part of the celebrations for the opening of the Expo Line to Santa Monica on Friday, May 20, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will offer free [continue reading]
Naming and art contest for Regional Connector TBM, which has arrived in DTLA
All this week, under the cover of darkness and the convenience of trafficless streets, large segments of the Regional Connector’s tunnel boring machine (TBM) have been delivered to a holding [continue reading]
Video: time-lapse of moving the Gold Line tracks at Little Tokyo/Arts District Station
Time flies when you’re building a new light rail. Between January and March, the Regional Connector project interrupted Gold Line service at the Little Tokyo/Arts District Station to build a [continue reading]
Gold Line to have some longer trains
Some news today about parking on the Gold Line extension to Azusa: •An extra rail car will be added to four Gold Line trains during weekday peak hours in the morning [continue reading]
Video: Harriet the tunnel boring machine is now under Crenshaw Boulevard
A significant milestone recently occurred on the Crenshaw/LAX Line: Harriet, the tunnel boring machine [TBM], was lowered into the ground at the future Expo/Crenshaw Station. In the above video, two [continue reading]
Metro Motion: the Gold Line to Azusa
The latest edition of Metro Motion — the agency’s quarterly program for public access television — has been completed. The above segment offers a short preview of the Gold Line extension [continue reading]
Video: Expo test train in downtown SaMo!
For those who like moving pictures, a lil’ something from yesterday’s clearance test of the second phase of the Expo Line in downtown Santa Monica. We’re pretty sure it was the [continue reading]