agenda and pdf is also here The Metro Board of Director’s meeting for March has concluded. A few items of interest: •Metro provided a progress report for the New Blue project to modernize the Blue Line. The New Blue Improvements Project is going very well. We want to thank the [continue reading]
Metro is working closely with the Los Angeles Police Department to conduct a thorough investigation to apprehend the suspect in the March 14 sexual assault incident at Vermont/Sunset Station. Yesterday, LAPD issued a community alert with additional details on the suspect. Metro has shared this alert with all its law [continue reading]
The agendas and staff reports have been posted for the Metro Board’s committee meetings, which will be held Wednesday and Thursday at Metro HQ adjacent to Union Station. The meetings are open to the public — sorry, no popcorn allowed — and are live-streamed and archived online if you can’t [continue reading]
The Metro Board approved plans Thursday for up to 35 crossing gates and two busway and bicycle grade separations for the San Fernando Valley’s Orange Line. Plans will greatly improve [continue reading]
An open house to discuss several projects involving the Orange Line was held last week in North Hollywood. Here’s the pdf and above is a video of the meeting. You can also watch a version in Spanish. Among those is the Orange Line Improvements Project, which seeks to speed up buses, [continue reading]
A key Metro project to increase pedestrian safety at 27 Blue Line street crossings was completed this week when the California Public Utilities Commission gave its final approvals for the [continue reading]
As waves of homeless descend onto trains, L.A. tries a new strategy: social workers on the subway (LAT) As waves of homeless descend onto trains, L.A. tries a new strategy: [continue reading]
Self-driving Uber vehicle strikes, kills 49-year-old woman in Tempe (Arizona.com) Self-driving Uber kills pedestrian in Arizona, where robots roam (NYT) Exclusive: Tempe police chief says early probe shows no fault by Uber (S.F. Chronicle) The Arizona Republic reports the car was going about 40 mph, apparently didn’t slow down and [continue reading]
Above are the results from Metro’s semi-annual onboard customer satisfaction survey. Those who have followed this blog in the past will recognize many of the questions — and may notice [continue reading]
Art of Transport: How they build bridges in China. https://twitter.com/invisibleman_17/status/970682034917199874 Art of Transit: Real time arrival predictions pic.twitter.com/qnGSPDdqBy — Scott Frazier (@safrazie) March 7, 2018 Connecting the dots by transit [continue reading]
