Photos: Expo Line clearance testing begins!
As expected, clearance testing for the second phase of the Expo Line light rail project began this morning with a train running under its own power running west from Culver [continue reading]
Metro distributes first Business Interruption Fund checks today
Metro delivered the first Business Interruption Fund pilot program checks today to four small business owners impacted by construction of the expanding Metro Rail system. This is not a program [continue reading]
Eat Shop Play Crenshaw: Dulan’s on Crenshaw
Construction continues along Crenshaw Boulevard for the Crenshaw/LAX Line, which means fencing, detours and other activity that may make the neighborhood bit difficult to navigate. However, the businesses located there are absolutely open [continue reading]
More Wilshire BRT bus lanes opening next week
If you’ve traveled down Wilshire Boulevard recently, you might have already noticed new bus lane signs and pavement markings. Beginning at 7 a.m. next Wednesday morning, those bus lanes will officially [continue reading]
Two public hearings added for SR-710 North Study
There are now four public meetings scheduled to solicit public comment on the SR-710 North draft environmental document released last month. The first meeting is Saturday, April 11. Details on the meetings are in this news release from Caltrans and Metro: Caltrans and Metro Add Two More Public Hearings for [continue reading]
Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority breaks ground on Fairway Drive grade separation project
Elected officials gathered earlier today for the groundbreaking of the Fairway Drive Grade Separation Project. The project includes the construction of a four-lane underpass for Fairway Drive and a new four-track [continue reading]
In effort to better manage its lots, Metro circulates new parking ordinance
[scribd id=260525083 key=key-OGFvdJGqc2dhhtAZYOEo mode=scroll] Key number: Metro has more than 22,000 parking spaces at 48 stations. That number is headed toward more than 30,000 with the opening of new rail [continue reading]
Metro parking lot at Wilshire/La Brea to close April 1
One of the first things Metro’s contractor will do for the first 3.9-mile section of the Purple Line Extension Project between Wilshire/Western and Wilshire/La Cienega will be to close the [continue reading]
Pics: New Kinkisharyo light rail vehicle goes for a clearance test
Photos by Fernando Andres Di Zitti/Metro Earlier this month, Metro staff took a new P3010 light rail vehicle manufactured by Kinkisharyo for a clearance test on both the Blue Line [continue reading]
Actions taken today by the Metro Board of Directors
•Item 17. The Board approved a motion by several Board Members (Don Knabe, Eric Garcetti, Jacquelyne Dupont-Walker, Mike Bonin, James Butts and Mark Ridley-Thomas) directing Metro staff to report back on a cost and schedule comparison of building a rail station at Aviation/96th as part of the Crenshaw/LAX Line versus [continue reading]