710 project OKd but widening deferred
pdf here Alternative 5C was approved by the Metro Board of Directors on Thursday as the ‘locally preferred alternative’ for the I-710 Corridor Project along with motions (see below) that [continue reading]
Video: pouring the concrete at Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill Station
In early morning hours of a cool winter morning, 20 concrete mixer trucks have arrived at the future Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill Station in downtown Los Angeles. It was the [continue reading]
High Desert Corridor, DTLA transit upgrades, microtransit: HWR, Feb. 26
Art of Transportation: My exile to Cincinnati has entered its 22nd day (parents versus old age versus the American health care system) so if you notice a certain tone of [continue reading]
Purple Line phase 2 groundbreaking!
Metro joined local, state and federal officials today to break ground on Section 2 of the Metro Purple Line Extension Project that will add 2.6-miles of new subway service to [continue reading]
Staff recommends alternative 5C for 710 Corridor Project
pdf here Metro staff are recommending Alternative 5C for the I-710 Corridor Project, which would add an additional lane in each direction of the I-710 freeway between Long Beach and the SR-60 freeway, upgrade interchanges and construct other improvement projects to improve traffic flow and improve traffic safety. The Metro [continue reading]
10-day street closure on Wilshire at Western for Purple Line Extension work
Metro is working to connect the Purple Line Extension to the existing Purple Line at Wilshire/Western Station. To expedite decking and to support construction activities in this very dense and [continue reading]
Green Line connection to Crenshaw/LAX Line making progress
Into the second week of the closure of five Green Line stations, crewmembers building the rail connection between the Crenshaw/LAX Line and Green Line are making good progress. Existing Green [continue reading]
71-day closure of five Green Line stations begins this Friday to connect Crenshaw/LAX Line and Green Line
On Friday evening at 9 p.m. Metro will begin work on connecting the Crenshaw/LAX Line and the Green Line tracks. The work will require a 71-day closure of five Green Line [continue reading]
Tunnel boring machine completes its job on Regional Connector project
And that’s all she wrote. On Tuesday evening, the tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the Regional Connector — named Angeli — arrived beneath the intersection of Flower and 4th streets [continue reading]
Update on construction progress for the Purple Line Extension
With the turning of the calendar, we thought it would be a good time to provide an update on one of our key transit projects: the nine-mile extension of the [continue reading]