Here’s an impressive statistic: more than 280,000 pounds of trash and weeds were recently removed from the Union Pacific right-of-way adjacent to the A Line (Blue) in South Los Angeles. [continue reading]
You can view the agenda online or download it here. The agenda includes links to all staff reports. Among the actions taken by the Metro Board of Directors today: •The Board approved three contracts for new Metro buses, with two of those for a total of 95 electric buses. Please see this [continue reading]
As part of its ongoing commitment to safety, Metro today unveiled safety improvements to 27 intersections along the Metro Blue Line. The intersections along Los Angeles County’s first and most heavily [continue reading]
Metro sent the following letter to the Daily News about their recent editorial on the Metro ExpressLanes: A recent editorial citing problems on the Metro ExpressLanes paints a distorted picture [continue reading]
Art of Transit: VerdeXchange day one highlights: Phil Washington, Earl Blumenauer (Streetsblog LA) Two announcements from Metro CEO Phil Washington: •The Expo Line extension to Santa Monica will open in May, [continue reading]
First @BikeMetro #BikeShare at #CicLAvia today. Next #bikemetrodesigncontest to wrap the bikes in LA designed art! pic.twitter.com/UVcbaG0PjI — figureagency (@figureagency) August 9, 2015 The Avenue 🌹 #ciclavia pic.twitter.com/4zWGqcTsW2 — Jim Chelius (@JimChelius) August 10, 2015 Video: Our friend Jack Weiss is at it again, with a great video from ciclavia incuding [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. Pick your social media poison! #MetroPresents free screening of #WizardofOz at #UnionStation this Saturday! Movie starts 5 p.m. for more details, see metro.net/unionstation #rubyslippers #LAUS A photo posted by Metro [continue reading]
Click on a photo to see a larger version or click on the first version to begin a slideshow-type display. Photos courtesy of the Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation Collection. This is the first of a series of posts on the history of Union Station that will run on Tuesdays and [continue reading]
A Metrolink media event just wrapped at Union Station to announce that Positive Train Control — a technology used to prevent trains colliding — will start being used on some of the commuter’s railroad trains in Southern California. Here is the news release from Metrolink: LOS ANGELES – Senator Dianne [continue reading]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrEsTJalI24] Union Pacific Railroad is undertaking the movement and restoration of one of the world’s largest steam locomotives – the Big Boy No. 4014. The Big Boy has called the RailGiants Train Museum at the L.A. County Fairgrounds home for the past 50 years. However, during the past few weeks [continue reading]
