Officials today announced the opening at 7 a.m. Wednesday of five miles of peak hour bus lanes on Wilshire Boulevard. The bus lanes will be used by Metro and other [continue reading]
If you’ve traveled down Wilshire Boulevard recently, you might have already noticed new bus lane signs and pavement markings. Beginning at 7 a.m. next Wednesday morning, those bus lanes will officially [continue reading]
Although the project was approved by Metro and the Los Angeles City Council in spring of 2011, ground was broken Wednesday on the remainder of the Wilshire Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lanes. The first 1.8 miles of bus only lanes opened last June between South Park View and Western Avenue; [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 Transportation Headlines online newspaper, which you can also access via email subscription (visit the newspaper site) or RSS feed. High Desert Corridor concepts unveiled (L.A. Daily News) Transportation [continue reading]
If you ride a bus that travels down Wilshire Boulevard during peak hours, you should see a slight improvement in travel time starting tomorrow morning. A segment of the Wilshire Boulevard BRT bus lanes opens at 7 a.m. Wednesday. Here’s the press release from Metro: Bus riders on one of [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 blog. American cars are getting heavier and heavier. Is that dangerous? (Slate) From 1987 to 2010 American cars have packed on an extra [continue reading]
