Go Metro on Sunday to CicLAvia: Heart of LA
The CicLAvia: Heart of LA returns this Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with plenty of access via Metro Rail — the route is anchored in downtown L.A. and [continue reading]
LAFC x Metro: Go Metro to Banc of California Stadium
The Metro Expo Line returns to full service Saturday, August 24 with the reopening of the 7th Street/Metro Center and Pico stations after a two month closure. The timing couldn’t [continue reading]
Metro Chief Communications Officer Pauletta Tonilas announces departure for position at Denver RTD
Metro Chief Communications Officer (CCO) Pauletta Tonilas has announced that she has accepted the position of Assistant General Manager, Communications, at the Regional Transportation District (RTD) in Denver. Metro CEO Phil Washington will name an interim CCO and said that a national search for Pauletta’s replacement will soon commence. Pauletta [continue reading]
Board approves free Metro bus and train rides on Election Day, Nov. 6
As expected, the Board approved the following motion. This is something that has been tried in other parts of the country — it remains to be seen how much it impacts voter turnout, although I think it certainly can’t hurt. Find your polling place here. You can plan transit trips [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]
Three contracts awarded to firms to design Microtransit service
The private sector can excel at creating products and services that meet and exceed customer demand. Metro aims to achieve those kind of results with its upcoming Microtransit service. The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday approved contracts totaling $885,247 to three vendors — RideCo, NoMad Transit and Transdev — [continue reading]
Homelessness on Metro: HWR, April 9
As waves of homeless descend onto trains, L.A. tries a new strategy: social workers on the subway (LAT) As waves of homeless descend onto trains, L.A. tries a new strategy: [continue reading]
Two week night-time closures of Century Boulevard at Aviation to start April 3
There will be nightly directional closures on Century Boulevard between Aviation Boulevard and Bellanca Avenue starting April 3. The closures will last two weeks. During the closures, work crews will remove the framework used to help construct the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project’s Aviation/Century Station. The closures will be implemented in one direction [continue reading]
New overpass at Buena Vista and San Fernando Boulevard eliminates street level rail crossing
A ribbon cutting was held Tuesday for a project that elevated two miles of Metrolink, Amtrak and freight tracks in Burbank, eliminating a street level crossing at Buena Vista Street [continue reading]
Go Metro: meet Gold Medalist Shirley Babashoff this afternoon at Union Station
With the Rio Games in full swing, Metro’s and LA2024’s efforts to bring the Games closer to home continues tonight when Shirley Babashoff — three-time Gold Medalist in swimming at the 1972 Games in Munich — will be appearing in the East Portal of Union Station from 4:30 p.m. to [continue reading]