It seems like bike lanes are surfacing up overnight on just about every street in Los Angeles these days. I, like many cycling advocates in Los Angeles see this as a positive change for the city, one that benefits thousands within the community. With the expansion of bike lanes throughout [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. Reminder: the Library is switching over to a new format [continue reading]
Some nice news for Metro: the agency has received an award from the American Public Transportation Association for its program to improve and maintain safety along light rail corridors. Here is the news release from APTA: 2013 Rail Safety & Security Excellence Awards Announced The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) [continue reading]
Metro today provided the agency’s staff recommendation for a contractor to build the 8.5-mile Crenshaw/LAX Line. Staff is recommending a contract in the amount of $1,272,632,356 to Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructors. The contract includes stations at Leimert Park and Hindry that were approved last month by the Metro Board of Directors. [continue reading]
I think my brain was in long-weekend mode a little early last week — I wrote this but forgot to post this from Thursday’s meeting of the Metro Board of Directors: •(Item 31) The Board approved a contract modification worth up to $55 million with Cubic Transportation Systems for TAP [continue reading]
Above: a photo gallery from Saturday night’s ride between Union Station and Dodger Stadium. About 80 cyclists participated. Photos by Dave Sotero/Metro. Here’s the news release from Metro: The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) today announced a partnership with Cyclists Inciting Changes Through Live Exchange (C.I.C.L.E.) to sponsor [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metro: The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is sponsoring “Bike Week LA” activities from May 13-19 to encourage Angelinos to ride bicycles to work, school and other destinations throughout LA County to reduce traffic and air pollution. Bring a bicycle or bicycle helmet [continue reading]
One of the primary hurdles facing any rail transit project is the ability for people to easily reach the stations. With that goal in mind, a press event was held at Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights on Tuesday morning for a project to improve pedestrian and cycling connections to eight Gold [continue reading]
Earlier this month, from April 8 to 10, the Transit Bureau Service of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department began a new operational concept to improve safety on the Blue Line. The concept is called TRUST (Transit Rail Urban Saturation Team) and it consists of deputies saturating parts of the Blue [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metro: New Metro Web Site Stresses Safety Riders Should Be Aware of their Surroundings Following Boston Bombings Heightened transit security remains in effect a day after a pair of bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killing at least three and injuring [continue reading]
