Video: Metro’s budget forum
Metro held a public forum on Saturday to discuss the upcoming budget for fiscal year 2015-16 that begins July 1. The two above videos cover the two-hour forum. The budget [continue reading]
Video: aerial view of excavation and decking work of future Crenshaw/Expo station
Update from Crenshaw Blvd by Joe Rouzan, EWDD from Jan Perry on Vimeo. The city of Los Angeles’ Economic and Workforce Development Department recently released a video of the excavation and decking work being done at the future Crenshaw/Expo underground station for the Crenshaw/LAX Line. Check out theabove video. Construction of the [continue reading]
Go for a (video) ride on the Gold Line Foothill Extension from Arcadia to Azusa!
Our friends at the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority just released this new video of a ride along the new light rail tracks from Arcadia to Azusa. The [continue reading]
New Metro video: how to slay Nextrip, sings Rusty Eye
And here is the third of the new videos from Metro’s marketing team, this one featuring Hollywood-based Rusty Eye promoting Nextrip, which allows users to get real-time bus and train arrival information on GPS-enabled smart phones or computers. The new videos are intended as a fun way to help folks learn to ride [continue reading]
New Metro video: TAP the target, sings Steps of Doe
And here is the second of the trio of new videos from Metro’s marketing team, this one featuring the L.A.-based folk duo Steps of Doe with instructions for reloading your TAP card at ticket machines. The new videos are intended as a fun way to help folks learn to ride the Metro [continue reading]
Graphic: what it took to build track for the Foothill Extension
From our friends at the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the agency building the 11.5-mile line between eastern Pasadena and the Azusa/Glendora border: Track work for the project will be completed on Saturday at a ceremony open to the public at 10 a.m. in Azusa. Click here for a [continue reading]
New Metro video: just click and go, says Galactic Flo
One of our enduring pet peeves at The Source is the misbegotten idea that government should be boring, dry, complicated, bureaucratic, technical and always play it ultra-safe when communicating with the public. In that spirit, Metro’s marketing team recently put their collective heads together to produce a trio of new videos that [continue reading]
Video: installing the tracks for the Gold Line Foothill Extension!
Nice video above showing the work needed to install the tracks for the Gold Line Foothill Extension, which will take the Gold Line from eastern Pasadena for 11.5 miles to the Azusa/Glendora border. The Measure R funded project will include six new stations serving Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale, downtown Azusa and [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Friday, June 20
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! A stowaway on Expo 2 (ZevWeb) Supervisor and Metro Board Member Zev Yaroslavsky got a lift along part of the Expo Line Phase 2 alignment in [continue reading]
Reminder: Crenshaw Boulevard closures begin tonight for construction of light rail line — here's the detour map
This it, folks: Major construction of the Crenshaw/LAX Line begins tonight. That means there will be street closures along Crenshaw Boulevard, as shown in the above map, in order to accommodate the work. Please see this earlier Source post for more information about upcoming construction activities and bus stop relocations along Crenshaw Boulevard. [continue reading]