How We Roll, July 29: rise of the machines?
Art of Transit: View this post on Instagram A post shared by LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) Metro will introduce four rail cars each month to ease crowding on Expo Line [continue reading]
How We Roll, July 22: the long road on transit, Azusa to SaMo
Eight dead in shooting rampage in Munich, police say (NYT) The hunt for the suspect or suspects in a shooting at a mall has shut down much of Germany’s third-largest city, [continue reading]
How We Roll, Feb. 19: the bullet train ping pongs back north and car sales rise
“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their [continue reading]
How We Roll, Nov. 12; suspect arrested in bus slaying, Regional Connector costs rise and bike share lands in SaMo
Art of Transit: Homicide detectives arrest suspect in stabbing (Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department) One of three suspects involved in the fatal stabbing of a passenger on the Metro Local 81 [continue reading]
How We Roll, Oct. 6: grading Metro stations, the war on driving and Ms. Marvel
Newsflash!: Gov. Jerry Brown earlier this week signed into law AB 726, which would authorize Metro to utilize double articulated buses on the Metro Orange Line in the future. In a [continue reading]
How We Roll, Thursday, September 3
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. Previously on How We Roll: we talked a lot about the [continue reading]
PowerPoint: Metro staff proposal to rename rail and BRT lines
Attentive readers here already know that the Regional Connector project is under construction. The 1.9-mile underground light rail line in downtown Los Angeles will link the Blue Line, Expo Line [continue reading]
Staff report discusses potential Arts District station
Good story by the L.A. Times today on Metro potentially adding a Red/Purple Line station in downtown Los Angeles’ Arts District. The Metro staff report is above. In short: the Division [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Friday, February 27
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! Today’s Zocalo Public Square profile [continue reading]
Roundup of today’s Metro Board of Directors meeting
Below are some of the highlights from this morning’s meeting of the Metro Board of Directors. The full agenda is here. •Item 23. The Board approved exercising an option with New Flyer to purchase an additional 350 new buses for $195 million on top of the 55o previously ordered. These buses will [continue reading]