Q&A: 25 years and counting of Metro Rail, part one
It’s time for the big Metro 25th Rail Anniversary Q&A! Here we go… What’s the significance of July 13, 1990? On that day, Los Angeles County had roughly 8.6 million [continue reading]
Expo Phase 2 train testing in Santa Monica begins July 16
The Exposition Construction Authority is alerting local commuters that Expo Line Phase 2 train testing will be expanded to Santa Monica starting this Thursday. With train testing ongoing on the eastern segments [continue reading]
Nightly closures of I-5 between Rosecrans Ave. and Valley View Ave. begin tonight
Late night and early morning travelers be advised: beginning tonight, Caltrans will be closing the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5) in Sante Fe Springs and Norwalk every night for the [continue reading]
Eat, Shop, Play Vendor Day event tomorrow at Union Station
Make sure to stop by Union Station’s East Portal tomorrow between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to check out a few businesses participating in Metro’s new Eat, Shop, Play Local campaign. This Vendor Day event will feature local business participants from each of the three Metro project-areas (Crenshaw/LAX, Regional Connector and [continue reading]
Next Purple Line Extension community meeting scheduled for July 16
Metro will be holding its next community meeting for the Purple Line Extension Project now under construction at the SAG-AFTRA Buildiing at 5757 Wilshire Boulevard on Thursday, July 16. The team will be discussing advance utility relocation updates, the staging yard at Wilshire/La Brea now being built, and an overview [continue reading]
Construction activities in July on Crenshaw/LAX Line
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES Park Mesa Heights Cut and Cover Construction will soon begin on the underground trench for the alignment between 59th and 60th streets and in the right-of-way from Crenshaw Boulevard to Brynhurst Avenue with a traffic reconfiguration on July 10. Trench construction will take place in various stages and is anticipated [continue reading]
Metro to receive nearly $39 million “Cap and Trade” grant for Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station, other Metro Blue Line improvements
Earlier today, the California State Transportation Agency announced the grant recipients of the 2015 Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program. These grants help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by supporting public transportation projects. Los Angeles County received the following grant awards: Antelope Valley Transit Authority – $24,403,000 for the Regional Transit [continue reading]
Metro invites small businesses along project corridors to participate in Metro’s Business Interruption Fund Workshop
Metro will be hosting a pilot Business Interruption Fund (BIF) workshop series for three Metro Rail construction projects areas starting Tuesday, June 30 for the Regional Connector, Crenshaw/LAX Line and Purple Line Extension. Workshop participants will learn about the BIF and receive information first-hand from program staff about how small “mom [continue reading]
Agenda for today’s Metro Board of Directors meeting
[scribd id=269616270 key=key-Ugl1qFEvD7RayrPoSTtE mode=scroll] The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. You can listen online here. Perhaps the most watched item on this month’s agenda is No. 14, which includes a contract for a firm to run the regional bikeshare program. As per usual, I’ll be at the [continue reading]
New contest! Help Metro name and illustrate the tunnel boring machine for Crenshaw/LAX Line!
Attention all students, from Kindergarten through 12th grade: Metro is inviting you to participate in a naming and illustration contest for the new Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) which will be use to [continue reading]