Attend Metro’s Business Interruption Fund workshop series to learn about Metro’s Pilot Business Interruption Fund (BIF). Metro and Pacific Coast Regional Small Business Development Corporation program staff will be on-hand to share information about Metro’s BIF, provide tips on how to prepare your application and supporting materials and share information about [continue reading]
Metro has released a draft Active Transportation Strategic Plan that explains how the agency plans to help cities encourage more walking and biking around Los Angeles County. In plain English, [continue reading]
Some nuggets to know: •Rides will be free from noon until midnight on Saturday on the entire Gold Line. •Trains will begin running on the new 11.5-mile Gold Line extension at noon [continue reading]
The long wait for the Expo Line extension to Santa Monica is almost over. Metro CEO Phil Washington announced on Thursday that the 6.6-mile second phase of the Expo Line between [continue reading]
[scribd id=300501107 key=key-5zBUKEak7Kxm2Jg7kkl0 mode=scroll] The agenda is above. You can listen online here. Of course, the big to-do will the announcement at the end of the meeting of the opening date for the Expo Line extension to Santa Monica.
It has been more than two years since the groundbreaking on the Crenshaw/LAX Line and construction is underway up-and-down the 8.5-mile route. As with many other large-scale projects, some trees had to [continue reading]
Crews have completed installation of the shoofly track between the south side of Little Tokyo/Arts District Station and Mangrove Yard. Installation of the new overhead catenary power pole continues, along [continue reading]
It’s official! The Expo Line Phase 2 rail operations and maintenance facility in Santa Monica was turned over to Metro on Tuesday. This marks substantial completion of the project, meaning [continue reading]
Expo opening date: Metro CEO Phil Washington and Metro Board Members will announce opening day after the Metro Board meeting on Thursday. Boom! Transpo Talk: The LAT is holding a half-day transportation conversation that includes some interesting speakers, including U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, Metro CEO Phil Washington, planners and [continue reading]
In the run-up to the opening of the Gold Line extension to Azusa on March 5, there’s another important new transit service debuting: an express Metro bus connecting Pasadena, Glendale, the Burbank [continue reading]
