In anticipation of the planned 53-hour closure of the I-405 freeway between the I-10 and U.S. 101 for demolition work on the Mulholland Bridge, Metro will hold an interactive Live Chat on Friday, September 21, 2012. Please join our special guest LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky to discuss this event. [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. Here’s one way to pack a few more bikes onto [continue reading]
City, county and state officials met on the side of the I-405 near Mulholland Bridge this morning to again ask for the public’s cooperation for “Carmageddon II,” the second extended [continue reading]
In addition to the new four miles of busway, the Orange Line Extension features four new miles of bike lane and walking path between Canoga station and the Chatsworth train station. Check out this story on Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky’s website. The accompanying photos were taken by Metro’s Dave Sotero, an [continue reading]
Wondering how you will survive the Wilshire ramps closure set to begin June 22 and last about a year? In advance of the planned 90-day closure for reconstruction of the first two Wilshire ramps at the I-405, Board of Supervisors Chairman and Metro Board Member Zev Yaroslavsky will hold an interactive Live Chat from [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. Beverly Hills threatens legal action over Westside Subway Extension (L.A. Times) The library’s blog [continue reading]
Adding a northbound carpool lane may be the most known part of the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project. But the project will also rebuild the Wilshire Boulevard ramps to and from the 405 to eliminate a conflict on both sides of the freeway in which traffic trying to enter [continue reading]
A ceremony was held Friday afternoon in Exposition Park to welcome the Expo Line as the latest Metro Rail project to grace the transit scene in Los Angeles County. The Expo Line opens to the public on Saturday morning at 5 a.m. There will be free rides to the [continue reading]
With the first phase of the Expo Line scheduled to open later this month, I recently interviewed Darrell Clarke, the co-chair of Friends 4 Expo Transit, a group that has worked tirelessly to ensure that Los Angeles has light rail, rather than a busway — or no transit at all [continue reading]
Here’s 11 minutes of footage from the announcement this morning that the Expo Line is opening April 28. Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Antonio Villaraigosa is joined by County Supervisor and Metro Board Member Zev Yaroslavsky (also the Board Chair of the Expo Line Construction Authority) and Metro [continue reading]
