Here is the latest rundown of construction activities along the 8.5-mile Crenshaw/LAX Line corridor. The contractor building the project is Walsh Shea Corridor Constructors, also known as WSCC. There’s a [continue reading]
Above is video from the naming ceremony on Monday for the tunnel boring machine [TBM] that will be used to dig one-mile twin tunnels on the northern part of the Crenshaw/LAX [continue reading]
And the Crenshaw/LAX Line’s tunnel boring machine’s name is….Harriet, as in Harriet Tubman, the former slave and key player in the Underground Railroad that helped slaves escape the south for [continue reading]
In order to allow for more community participation during the holiday season, the deadline to vote for the #CrenshawTBM name and artwork has been extended to Monday, December 7, 2015 at 9 a.m. local time! Cast your vote TODAY for a chance to make history and help Metro choose the TBM artwork [continue reading]
More than 200 entries have been received since Metro announced the tunnel boring machine naming contest in June, and now we’re down to just 10 finalists. Which name will end [continue reading]
Attention all students, from Kindergarten through 12th grade: Metro is inviting you to participate in a naming and illustration contest for the new Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) which will be use to [continue reading]
Last year was a little busy around here, ‘little’ being a vast understatement. I’m guessing 2015 won’t be much different. Metro is in the midst of a $14-billion capital program — [continue reading]
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. A photo posted by Metro Los Angeles (@metrolosangeles) on Dec 12, 2014 at 7:25am PST Calgary soaring transit use suggests high ridership is possible even [continue reading]
Like the first flowers of spring – although substantially larger – the tunnel boring machine cutterhead arrival at the Metro yard this week is a harbinger of the future. In [continue reading]
The news release from Metro: Metro’s contractor Walsh/Shea Corridor Contractors (WSCC) has rescheduled the Rodeo Road two week closure to Friday, Oct. 24. The full street closure is needed to complete the underground perimeter wall with steel piles for the Crenshaw/Expo station box. The work schedule and the detours remains [continue reading]
