Repairs on Metro Blue Line are nearing completion but service remains at trains every 20 minutes until further notice. Check back here this afternoon for a report on the status of repairs and schedule of service. Damage to the overhead catenary wires and a section of track Monday afternoon stalled a Blue Line [continue reading]
photo by Bill Sweeney, via Flickr We’ve posted some photos of nice, clean and modern subway stations in Los Angeles and elsewhere lately, so I thought it would be fun to post a counterpoint. The photo above was taken in the New York subway. Go ahead and guess the borough [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. Taming the mean streets: A talk with NYC transportation chief Janette Sadik-Khan (Grist) Grist writer Sarah Goodyear has a great interview with [continue reading]
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Advisories page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter. Blue Line Due to the heavy rains, a stalled train and damaged overhead wires at the Gage Avenue crossing, delays are expected to continue [continue reading]
A Superior Court judge today ruled tentatively in favor of the Expo Line Construction Authority in a lawsuit brought by some Westside homeowners that challenged the final environmental study for Phase Two of the project. Judge Thomas McKnew ruled that the plaintiffs — the group Neighbors for Smart Rail — [continue reading]
‘Why You Ride (or Don’t Ride)‘ is a series where you, our faithful readers, share your transportation routines in L.A. and your thoughts on how to make things better – read more about the concept here. Want to share your story? Take the survey here if you ride transit regularly, [continue reading]
‘Why You Ride (or Don’t Ride)‘ is a series where you, our faithful readers, share your transportation routines in L.A. and your thoughts on how to make things better – read more about the concept here. Want to share your story? Take the survey here if you ride transit regularly, [continue reading]
It’s been a while since we plugged it, but our reader survey is still open for responses and we’ll keep it that way through the end of the year. The reader survey is a chance for us to get to know the needs of our readers more and for our [continue reading]
Metro announced today that it has been selected to receive $2 million in Federal Transit Administration funding to begin two new transportation projects: an alternatives analysis for a premium transit service on Van Nuys Boulevard and work to improve the agency’s transit forecasting model. See the FTA’s announcement. And here [continue reading]
Due to damage to overhead catenary wires that power the Blue Line trains, service will remain at trains every 20 minutes until further notice. Peak periods will have two trains running back-to-back in the same direction, followed by two trains in the opposite direction. Passengers are encouraged to use the [continue reading]
