•The LAT has a story on why the forecast completion of the Regional Connector has recently slipped from Dec. 2021 to spring/summer 2022. Among one of the challenges: labor shortages [continue reading]
•It’s National Bike Month and one of the cooler ideas I’ve read is above: a network of rails-to-trails that a cyclist could use to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific [continue reading]
Here’s the press release from Metrolink: Metrolink, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, COASTER and freight rail providers will experience major service interruptions three weekends in October due to several coordinated major construction and maintenance projects. Track closures are scheduled to begin this weekend and continue October 15-16, and 22-23 to allow construction [continue reading]
The Rams — okay, the guys struggling to make the Rams — came from behind to beat the Cowboys. But a win is a win. This week, the Rams play the [continue reading]
Amtrak Pacific Surfliner riders can now purchase a TAP cards pre-loaded with a Metro Day Pass in the café car. The passes are being sold at a discounted rate thanks to [continue reading]
Amtrak’s popular Pacific Surfliner, which runs between San Diego, Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo, has been transferred to Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor Agency (LOSSAN) to provide better local control of one of the busiest rail corridors in the nation. Service was previously under the control of Caltrans. Transfer [continue reading]
photo by Andrew Ellis Miller, via submission Nice sunset shot of a southbound Amtrak train in Carpinteria taken with an iPhone 4s. 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]
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 blog. Taking first-class coddling above-and-beyond (New York Times) If you need another reason to hate flying — and I don’t — read this. [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 blog. America’s transport infrastructure: life in the slow lane (The Economist) This must-read article from The Economist takes a long hard look at [continue reading]
Yes, my headline is misleading. You can’t take a Metro bus or train to Arizona, but you can take one to Union Station. And from Union Station you can take an Amtrak train to Arizona. Heck, you could go all the way to Chicago if you so desired. In fact, [continue reading]
