Open thread: how’s your commute going on the Expo Line?
Obviously not an ideal start to the first Monday morning commute for the Expo Line extension with a car driving through a fence and onto the tracks between Expo/Crenshaw and [continue reading]
Free rides and station parties: coverage of Expo Line days II & III
Good morning! Our friends at the National Weather Service are predicting mostly sunny skies and a high of 68 degrees in Santa Monica on Saturday, pretty much perfect weather for [continue reading]
Let’s make some history: LIVE updates of today’s opening of the Expo Line extension
Good morning, everyone! It’s hard to underplay the significance of today: after 63 years, rail service will be restored between Santa Monica and downtown Los Angeles. And a very crowded [continue reading]
Five dollar discount for Expo extension riders who use uberPOOL this weekend
With the Expo Line extension to Santa Monica opening Friday at noon, Metro and Uber have announced a nice discount for those who need to get to and from the new Expo stations and Culver City Station. Here’s the announcement: To celebrate Los Angeles’ transportation transformation, Metro is partnering with Uber to offer $5 [continue reading]
Telephone Town Halls: western L.A. County and San Fernando Valley
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/telephone-town-hall-13 And that’s a wrap. The final two Telephone Town Halls on Metro’s potential ballot measure were held Wednesday night. The Metro Board of Directors is scheduled to consider the potential ballot measure and the draft spending plan during their June meetings. To see the previous Telephone Town Halls, click [continue reading]
Video: 63 years later, streetcar enthusiast takes the train again to Santa Monica
This is an awesome video, produced by our friends in the Los Angeles County Newsroom. The subject: Alan Weeks, 84, a retired Metro employee who was on the last streetcar [continue reading]
Listen: Telephone Town Halls — South L.A. and L.A.’s Westside
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/telephone-town-hall-11-south-los-angeles Above and below is the audio from Monday night’s Telephone Town Halls (TTH) on Metro’s potential ballot measure. There are two more remaining: Wednesday, May 18, 6:15 p.m.: Sheila Kuehl, L.A County Supervisor representing the Third Supervisorial district, will talk to residents of the cities of Agoura Hills, Beverly [continue reading]
Podcast: four key numbers in Metro’s proposed $5.6-billion budget
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/metro-budget-fy-2016-17-part-3 In part three of our podcast trilogy looking at Metro’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year, Steve and Drew look at four key numbers in the agency’s proposed $5.66-billion budget. In part one of the budget podcast, we provided a quick overview of the agency’s spending and revenues. In [continue reading]
All you need to know about Expo Line
Hey Steve, when you lived in Santa Monica between 1996 and 2003 and then later covered politics and transportation as a reporter, did you ever believe the train would one day [continue reading]
Listen: Telephone Town Halls for eastern SFV and western and northern county
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/telephone-town-hall-9-eastern-san-fernando-valley Above and below are the two Telephone Town Halls held Thursday evening to discuss Metro’s potential ballot measure with Los Angeles County residents. The next two Telephone Town Halls are Monday evening: Monday, May 16, 6:15 p.m.: Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, Metro Board Member, will talk to residents in the City of Los [continue reading]