2015: a year of accomplishment and anticipation
It’s been another busy year at Metro. In the same year the Blue Line — Metro’s oldest light rail line — turned 25, construction continued on five rail [continue reading]
And another heads up! More testing on Expo Line between Culver City and SaMo
This is a continuation of the ongoing testing program. Please be careful around trains, especially on the street-running segment along Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica. And before you ask…no, we don’t [continue reading]
Heads and ears up: Expo 2 testing this week!
Testing is scheduled along the entire alignment between Palms and Santa Monica from 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. If walking, biking or driving around the tracks, please obey all signs and signals!
How We Roll, Dec. 11: will we ever have a true car-free city?
Things to read whilst transiting: the ultimate guide to winning your white elephant gift exchange on the Five Thirty Eight blog. I ended up with a Rudolph mug after someone [continue reading]
Heads up! Expo Line testing in Santa Monica on Saturday
This is a very similar test to the one that ran a few weeks ago — and this test is scheduled to run only from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. [continue reading]
HWR: LAX people mover in 2023?
Art of Transit: Speaking of LAX…. New look at the LAX people mover set to be finished in 2023 (Curbed LA) Some interestingness burped out of Los Angeles World Airports [continue reading]
HWR: can transit defeat traffic?
Art of Transit: And speaking of the Expo Line… Expo Line hasn’t reduced traffic congestion as promised, study says (LAT) The new study from USC crunches traffic data numbers and [continue reading]
Frequent train testing in Santa Monica scheduled for this weekend
Trains will be running more frequently in Santa Monica than they have been. Please see the notice below:
12 local communities before and after transit
Metro this year is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Metro Rail, which began in 1990 with the opening of the Blue Line between Los Angeles and Long Beach. It’s fair to [continue reading]
How We Roll, Oct. 12: transit vs gentrification, fare increase study, DTLA rising
Art of Transit: Newsflash!: If you haven’t seen, here’s a Metro staff update on work to update the agency’s long-range plan and a potential ballot measure in Nov. 2016 [continue reading]