In order to prepare for the upcoming locking of gates at subway stations, the turnstiles have been locked until 8 p.m. today at the Purple Line’s Wilshire/Normandie station (photos above and below). In addition, the ticket machines at that station have been converted to TAP only — that is, they [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Authority puts $1.75 million toward Metrolink station at Bob Hope [continue reading]
Here is the news release from Metrolink, the commuter rail agency, and here is our post on taking Metro Rail to the parade: LOS ANGELES – Don’t miss the parade and/or rally for the LA Kings’ historic Stanley Cup win waiting in traffic or searching for a parking spot. Metrolink [continue reading]
Our friends at New Jersey Transit have a safety campaign underway to address a long-standing problem in the Garden State and pretty much everywhere elsewhere in the United States — people walking on train tracks. The two new videos — each just 30 seconds — do not mince words [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metrolink, the commuter rail agency funded in part by Metro: LOS ANGELES – On Monday July 2, Metrolink will add an additional round-trip from Riverside to Laguna Niguel and back on the Inland Empire-Orange County line. There will also be an additional train between Laguna [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Beverly Hills Unified School District files state lawsuit against Metro (P.R. Newswire) As I [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metrolink: LOS ANGELES – After skipping a fare increase last year, the Metrolink Board of Directors approved a seven percent average systemwide fare increase to go into effect on or after July 1, 2012. Funds generated from the increase will be used exclusively to help [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metro: The Metro Orange Line Extension — a four-mile addition to the wildly popular Orange Line busway — will open to the public on Saturday, June 30 with community celebrations and free rides on the extension from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Orange Line [continue reading]
It should be quite a Sunday morning this week in downtown Los Angeles. First, downtown is hosting the eighth and final stage of the Amgen Tour of California bike race, which begins in Beverly Hills, travels through Hollywood and is scheduled to finish near L.A. Live between 11:45 a.m. and [continue reading]
The news broke Monday afternoon. Here is the news release issued this morning from Metrolink, the commuter rail agency that serves six counties and is funded in part by Metro: Metrolink CEO John Fenton resigns for personal and professional reasons after leading the agency through critical period LOS ANGELES – [continue reading]
