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. CicLAvia: iconic Wilshire Boulevard (CicLAvia) I predict big crowds for this one — go [continue reading]
This is a Metro project that the city of Los Angeles is building. The Metro Board approved the 7.7 miles of peak hour bus lanes on parts of Wilshire within the city of L.A. back in May 2011. The first part to be built will be the easternmost section, shown [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. For Los Angeles, the end of the free subway ride (New York Times) The [continue reading]
Activity continues to ramp up on the southwest corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Ogden Drive, where Metro will soon be digging an exploratory shaft for the Purple Line Extension project. The site is located directly opposite LACMA, as the above photo shows. Metro took possession of the site on April 1 and is [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. ART OF TRANSIT — Click above to see a larger version; black and [continue reading]
I took this photo Sunday afternoon from the Backbone Trail above the Pacific Palisades. In the foreground is Westwood and Century City — the telephoto lens smashes them together — and beyond is downtown Los Angeles. The many tall buildings along Wilshire Boulevard form a crescent shape across the left [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. How to solve traffic jams (Arch Daily) Jonas Eliasson, Director of the Centre for [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. East L.A. sounds off at 710 meeting (EGPNews.com) The proposed [continue reading]
Here’s the video from the news conference officials held this morning to announce the the first extended, 90-day closures of key Wilshire on- and off-ramps to the I-405. The closures are scheduled to begin June 22. L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky took the opportunity to coin the closures “Ramp Jam.” [continue reading]
The Canadian singer and songwriter plays the El Rey tonight with the doors opening at 7 p.m. The tour is in support of her new album “Voyageur” that features collaborations with Bon Iver and came out to (as usual) good reviews last year. As of 10:50 a.m., tickets are still [continue reading]
