As we reported last week, community update meetings are under way for the Regional Connector. There are two more coming up this week, so be sure to check one out — the content will be the same at both. If you can’t make it, there will be a live internet [continue reading]
As expected, the Metro Board of Directors on Thursday approved free fares on the Red and Purple Line subway and the Orange Line busway for July 16 and 17, the weekend that the 405 freeway will be closed over the Sepulveda Pass for the partial demolition of the Mulholland Bridge. [continue reading]
Ever since I learned about the Expo Line — and the path that trains used to travel a century ago — I’ve relished in stumbling across bits and pieces of the old infrastructure that still dot the Westside. The original tracks were built by a predecessor to the Southern Pacific [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors meet on Thursday for a meeting that should be fairly subdued compared to some of their recent monthly get-togethers. The item likely to be of interest to most people: The Board must formally approve free subway and Orange Line busway service on the weekend of [continue reading]
Thousands of new boardings system-wide. Reduced transfers saving up to 20 minutes on some trips. An 11-minute ride from Union Station across downtown to Pico Station. Increased service efficiency. New transit stations in the employment heart of Los Angeles County. Take your pick, because the 1.9-mile Regional Connector has something [continue reading]
Attentive Source readers will recall that very un-lovely proposal made earlier this year by Republicans in the House of Representatives to sharply reduce federal funding of new transit projects. The plan would pretty much devastate the federal New Starts program, which helps local areas construct large and costly transit projects. [continue reading]
Well it worked: To get some media attention for Dump the Pump day, Metro put CEO Art Leahy behind the wheel of a bus — he’s a former bus operator — and had him drive through a banner this morning. (UPDATE: here’s video). Here’s the news release about Dump the [continue reading]
[polldaddy poll=5131390] Before I get to the latest ridership numbers, I wanted to include my daily nag to take our latest survey above — if you haven’t already. I suspect results from this poll, which I’ll discuss at a later date, may have something to do with the ridership numbers [continue reading]
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation held the first of a series of spring community meetings last night in Venice. The goal of these meetings is to introduce the community to the Westside Mobility Plan, which will examine mobility challenges and needs in the notoriously congested Westside. The impetus for [continue reading]
[polldaddy poll=5131390] Please indulge me and participate in our most recent poll. I’d like to see more numbers because this is an issue that interests me: it says something about transit’s ability to attract new riders these days. Thus far, the numbers collected in our poll are strikingly different than [continue reading]
