Metrolink riders will now have more weekend travel options. Metrolink is adding new 91 Line weekend service between Downtown Riverside and Los Angeles. From their press release: This Saturday, Inland Empire travelers will now have additional options to reach destinations in Orange and Los Angeles Counties, with Metrolink beginning new [continue reading]
Reminder: If you’re making travel plans for Friday, July 4, please consider that Metrolink will only be operating two special round-trip trains on the Antelope Valley Line. Regular service will resume on July 5. Here are the details from Metrolink: In observance of Independence Day, Metrolink will not operate service on [continue reading]
Bob Hope Airport held a grand opening ceremony this morning for the $112 million Regional Intermodal Transportation Center (RITC). The RITC took two years to complete and is the largest capital project in the airport’s history. It also establishes the first direct rail-to-terminal connection at any Southern California airport. The RITC is [continue reading]
There has been a nice variety of commuter rail projects in the San Fernando Valley on Metro Board agendas in recent months, including one that was approved today to add a new pedestrian bridge for the Metrolink station at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank. To help provide a bigger view of projects [continue reading]
Progress continues on finalizing the Union Station Master Plan. As you may recall, the Metro Board of Directors last fall approved a basic concept for the station that included a greatly expanded concourse to run under the existing train platforms and both relocating and consolidating the bus plaza to the west side [continue reading]
As part of the consent calendar, the Metro Board of Directors unanimously approved Item 21, a $31-million contract for engineering work to extend regional rail tracks south from Union Station — so that trains don’t all have to enter and exit the station from the north. Here’s the news release from [continue reading]
Metrolink is inviting rail commuters to take part in a web-based survey and provide input on the future of Metrolink and regional rail service. The survey is short and only takes a few minutes. Your feedback will help as Metrolink works to develop a Strategic Plan that will be implemented over the next [continue reading]
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The Dodgers are off to a hot start at 4-1 and now face the Giants for their home opener at 1:10 p.m. Friday. As usual, the game is sold out and a huge crowd is expected. If you don’t want to hassle with driving, the Dodger Stadium Express bus runs [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! South L.A. needs trees (L.A. Times) The editorial despairs the loss of about 135 trees along Crenshaw Boulevard to accommodate construction of the Crenshaw/LAX Line [continue reading]
