The commuter rail agency received $46.3 million from several sources. There is a federal requirement to have the anti-collision system in place by 2015; Metrolink officials are hoping to get their system done well ahead of that deadline. Metrolink last October awarded a $120-million contract to build the GPS-based system [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source in which we round up the latest Metro related tweets in the Twitterverse. To follow Metro on Twitter just search for @MetroLosAngeles. We recommend adding the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets to get our attention. For specific complaints and [continue reading]
John Fenton became the CEO of Metrolink in April 2010. He wasted little time launching a series of improvements for the commuter railway that serves six counties in Southern California and is funded partially by Metro. Among his first goals: continuing the agency’s pursuit of a satellite-based anti-collision system, reducing [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metrolink: Southern Californian’s can take special Metrolink trains from the San Fernando Valley to the Ventura County Fair at Seaside Park in San Buenaventura on Aug. 6 and 13. Metrolink will offer three north and three southbound train trips, between Chatsworth and the fairgrounds, with [continue reading]
As many of you know, Metro has been working to increase space for cyclists on its subway and light rail cars — and will be taking out a few seats here and there to help. Metrolink is getting in the act, too — and vastly increasing room for bikes on [continue reading]
I suspect one of the most interesting discussions at Thursday’s meeting of the Metro Board of Directors will involve a non-Metro project: the California high-speed rail project between Anaheim and San Francisco. County Mayor/Supervisor and Metro Board Vice Chairman Mike Antonovich has authored a motion asking the Board to support [continue reading]
Photo by Danny Peyton, via Twitter A cool and colorful photo of Metrolink trains waiting to depart at Los Angeles Union Station. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet it to @metrolosangeles with an #artoftransit hashtag. [continue reading]
In a meeting at Metro the other day, Metrolink Board Chairman Richard Katz said that Metrolink will be increasingly trying to offer special service for big events. The commuter railroad — partially funded by Metro — saw huge crowds with its special trains to the U2 shows in Anaheim last [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metrolink: Los Angeles – With almost 20,000 boardings over the weekend, Metrolink experienced the highest weekend ridership it has seen in its 19 year history. This weekend’s numbers are almost 50 percent higher than the same weekend last year and 10 percent higher than the [continue reading]
Some preliminary good news for Carmageddon: as of 8:15 a.m. Monday morning, the National Weather Service is predicting decent weather for this weekend in the San Fernando Valley. See the forecast above, taken from the NWS website. If the forecast holds, it will certainly help not to have blazing hot [continue reading]
