Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Eric Garcetti joined Metro CEO Art Leahy and others in a dedication and renaming ceremony for Metro Bus Division 3 earlier today. In February [continue reading]
Friday Triple Chicken Foot, a three-member Folk band known for playing foot stomping, fiddle and banjo tunes, will perform two 45-minute sets Friday evening at Union Station. The trio has [continue reading]
•Item 17. The Board approved a motion by several Board Members (Don Knabe, Eric Garcetti, Jacquelyne Dupont-Walker, Mike Bonin, James Butts and Mark Ridley-Thomas) directing Metro staff to report back on a cost and schedule comparison of building a rail station at Aviation/96th as part of the Crenshaw/LAX Line versus [continue reading]
Upgrade work on the Metro Blue Line continues this weekend, with crews making station improvements at Compton this Friday evening and Saturday. As with previous stations, Compton will receive new [continue reading]
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! Today’s profile of a Metro rider by Zocalo Public Square: What city life is all about, Hilgard Avenue to Madison Avenue Editorial: L.A. transit officials [continue reading]
[scribd id=260040283 key=key-Dyg4IKJE2zXmSjis7wIr mode=scroll] Attentive readers know that last year’s fare increase and changes were part of a larger proposal by Metro staff to raise fares in three stages in [continue reading]
[scribd id=259964359 key=key-h3PHoHk3MpSw4AzgYAcM mode=scroll] The Metro Board meeting is underway at Metro Headquarters, adjacent to Los Angeles Union Station (it’s the tower next to the Patsaouras Transit Plaza). The agenda for the meeting is above. The agenda includes links to Board motions and Metro staff reports. I encourage everyone to peruse [continue reading]
Repairs to the overhead wires damaged yesterday afternoon on the Metro Gold Line have been completed. Gold Line will run regularly scheduled service today, with the exception of the planned maintenance occurring this afternoon between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. During this time, trains will arrive every 20 minutes at [continue reading]
UPDATE 6 p.m.: Repairs to the overhead power supply system on the Metro Gold Line have been predicted to last through close of service today, Wednesday Mar. 25. This means [continue reading]
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! Today’s rider profile by Zocalo Public Square: I find crazy stuff no matter where I am, Abbott Road to Slauson Avenue. People of CicLAvia in the [continue reading]
