Reminder: for those of you planning on going to the march Saturday, avoid long lines at the TAP vending machines by getting your TAP card ahead of time. More here. Dept. of Infrastructure Facts: I didn’t know Oroville Dam was taller than Hoover Dam. Now I do. Here’s what the [continue reading]
ICYMI: Metro says there were 592,000 Metro Rail boardings on Saturday, which included the well-attended Women’s March in downtown Los Angeles. That compares to the average of 231,897 boardings on Saturdays during [continue reading]
I think we are going to need a bigger shovel. 8-12 feet and counting. #MammothStories pic.twitter.com/azOdSAlYhw — MammothMountain (@MammothMountain) January 9, 2017 Infrastructure and water enthusiasts already know that Mammoth [continue reading]
Art of Transit: Next phase of the Wilshire subway receives $1.6 billion in federal funds (LAT) USDOT announces $1.6 billion for subway to Beverly Hills, Century City (Streetsblog LA) Feds grant $1.6 billion to PLE, which will take it to Century City and beyond (LA Magazine) As we noted yesterday, [continue reading]
Happy New Year’s everyone! Hope everyone enjoyed the parade and game yesterday (only 1,040 yards in offense!). It has been a little slow news-wise over the holidays, but let’s stick [continue reading]
This was my seventh year at the agency and, by far, 2016 was the busiest. I usually like to put the end-of-the-year highlights in chronological order but I think four [continue reading]
First, on behalf of everyone at Metro, a big thank you to Los Angeles County taxpayers and our riders. If you voted for Measure M, we hope you get what [continue reading]
We knew ridership to the Rams thumping of the Seahawks was big with Metro estimating about 21,000 boardings on the Expo Line and Silver Line after the game. The NFL is saying that [continue reading]
Dept. of What I’d Like to Write: After three days of hanging out at the J.W. Marriott at the annual meeting of the American Public Transportation Assn., I’m back in my cage/cubicle. I wish I could remember more of the past three days, but those APTA guys — man do [continue reading]
As the report concludes and I think the takaway: •Overall, 70 percent of those surveyed stated that they were new riders, with 44 previously driving and another 23 percent changing [continue reading]
