Earlier today, Metro presented a check to KC Stylist, a small business in Little Tokyo, as part of the Metro Business Interruption Fund (BIF) for small businesses owners near the Regional Connector project. The BIF is a pilot program that started in Feb. 2015. The program has awarded 135 grants exceeding a total of [continue reading]
A long list of transit projects, road improvements and commuting options could be built over the next five decades under a $120-plus billion spending plan Metro released Friday for a [continue reading]
Counterweights were removed from the Green Line last weekend, allowing construction to go forward of the bridge that will bring the Crenshaw/LAX Line tracks to the Green Line. When completed, the southern end of the Crenshaw/LAX Line will connect with the Green Line. The plan at this time is to run [continue reading]
In order to allow for more community participation during the holiday season, the deadline to vote for the #CrenshawTBM name and artwork has been extended to Monday, December 7, 2015 at 9 a.m. local time! Cast your vote TODAY for a chance to make history and help Metro choose the TBM artwork [continue reading]
“Where we’re going, we don’t need roads….” –Doc Emmett Brown The subject of Back to the Future Day came up in my beer league hockey locker room last night. The [continue reading]
Taste of Soul 2015 was a successful event this past Saturday, Oct. 17. More than 350,000 people from all over Southern California enjoyed the music, food and festive ambiance of the family festival, now on its 10th anniversary. One of the most convenient ways to get to the event was from [continue reading]
A 21-day full street closure will take place on Crenshaw Boulevard between Coliseum Street and Exposition Boulevard beginning Friday, September 25, for construction work on the Crenshaw/LAX Line. This closure [continue reading]
UPDATE: THIS WEEKEND’S CLOSURE HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. The latest from the folks at the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project: Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructors (WSCC) will begin installing steel beams and relocating utilities on Crenshaw Boulevard at Vernon Avenue for five consecutive weekends beginning this Friday, Aug. 28. A full street closure will [continue reading]
A story in yesterday’s Los Angeles Times examines sexual harassment on the Metro system. Metro is one of the few transit agencies worldwide that queries its passengers on sexual [continue reading]
Look into the future at 7 p.m. tonight, Aug. 19, as Metro CEO Phil Washington joins moderator Conan Nolan of NBC4 TV News on the Plaza of el Pueblo de Los Angeles in downtown L.A. for a special one-man, one-hour Zocalo Public Square Forum. It’s nearing 100 days since Washington [continue reading]
