Here’s a quick update on an issue that we know a lot of Source readers are interested in: The Metro Board of Directors Planning & Programming Committee will consider authorizing a contract with L.A.–based design firm Gruen Associates to carry out the Union Station Master Plan. The meeting — details [continue reading]
Here is the news release from Metrolink, the commuter rail agency, and here is our post on taking Metro Rail to the parade: LOS ANGELES – Don’t miss the parade and/or rally for the LA Kings’ historic Stanley Cup win waiting in traffic or searching for a parking spot. Metrolink [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metrolink, the commuter rail agency funded in part by Metro: LOS ANGELES – On Monday July 2, Metrolink will add an additional round-trip from Riverside to Laguna Niguel and back on the Inland Empire-Orange County line. There will also be an additional train between Laguna [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. Expo Line’s opening launches rail service push to Westside (L.A. Times) The Times’ Dan [continue reading]
Metro Rail Operations have issued the following announcement: To all Red and Purple Line passengers: Beginning Sunday, April 22, Metro will begin a Signal System upgrade project on the Red and Purple Lines, between Union Station and Westlake/MacArthur Park Station. The project is split into two phases: Phase 1 – [continue reading]
The public will get a first look at conceptual visions of what the future may hold for the iconic and historic Los Angeles Union Station. Metro Board Chairman and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and elected officials will be on hand as six architectural firms present their high-concept vision for Union Station [continue reading]
Turning your life into an impromptu musical has just gotten easier. Thirty pianos – one of which is located inside Union Station by the Starbucks – are decorated by local artists and community arts organizations. The pianos have just been placed throughout neighborhoods of L.A. County as part of the “Play Me, I’m Yours” [continue reading]
Here’s the news release: Metro will again offer Dodger Stadium Express bus service from Union Station in downtown Los Angeles to Dodger Stadium throughout the regular 2012 baseball season under a grant approved by the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC). The Dodgers opening day game against the [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. Martha Welborne on balancing planning responsibilities, goals and constraints at Metro (The Planning Report) [continue reading]
81 MILLION REASONS TO BE HAPPY: All things considered, I thought it was pretty amazing that President Obama’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year included $31 million in federal funds for the Regional Connector and $50 million for the Westside Subway Extension. Both, of course, are excellent and needed [continue reading]
