[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBOAO5qgI64&feature=youtu.be] Seven minutes of awesomeness from our friends at the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the agency building the 11.5-mile project between eastern Pasadena and the Azusa/Glendora border. I’ll be touring the project next week — I’m looking forward to seeing all the work done. The project is about [continue reading]
If you’re dying to know more about Jamzilla – happening Presidents’ Day Weekend, Feb. 14 – 18 – you can just ask. Metro will be hosting a live chat about Jamzilla on AMA Reddit next Friday. Here’s the press release from Metro: 1-Hour “Jamzilla” Live Chat Friday, February 7 at [continue reading]
The Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project this week began construction activities along the 8.5-mile alignment that includes old railroad track demolition, building demolition and tree removal and pruning. The contractor Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructor (WSCC) began removing old railroad tracks at two locations: Florence Avenue between Crenshaw Boulevard and Manchester Avenue and Aviation [continue reading]
Metro is holding a pair of community meetings on Feb. 13 to discuss utility relocation and other work that needs to be done in preparation for construction of the Purple Line Extension’s Wilshire/La Cienega Station: The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will be hosting two meetings on February [continue reading]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ5DCQ0e7RU] Disclaimer: the above video is a dramatization. Actually calling 511 may result in a different experience. Southern California 511 – the free traveler information service that provides traffic updates via phone or web – has launched a new feature to keep Southern California drivers up to date during Jamzilla, [continue reading]
[youtube http://youtu.be/SvlZso5xdxE] Continuing the urgent drum beat to raise public awareness on the planned northbound 405 80-hour paving operation in the Sepulveda Pass this Presidents’ Day Weekend, Metro, Caltrans and the California Highway Patrol have released a new public service announcement that is now freely available via Youtube. Anyone who [continue reading]
Photos by Aaron Paley Metro hosted an Open Streets workshop on Wednesday that featured speakers from Los Angeles and San Francisco. Over 80 people attended the event that focused on the planning and implementation of Open Streets programs. Open streets are events which temporarily close the streets to automobiles and [continue reading]
[scribd id=203538535 key=key-1wxo2dzyblnajnnb79jt mode=scroll] The Advisory Group of the Purple Line Extension had a community meeting last night for the latest update on the project that is extending the subway for 3.9 miles from Wilshire & Western to Wilshire & La Cienega. The presentation is posted above. Updates were provided [continue reading]
The planned 80-hour “Jamzilla” paving operation now scheduled for Presidents’ Day Weekend, February 14-18 is more complex, requires new construction and is more time-consuming than the epic “Carmageddon” bridge demolitions of 2011 and 2012. The I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements project contractor, Kiewit Infrastructure West, will not benefit from gravity in [continue reading]
[scribd id=192412340 key=key-1okk7vbn8e5ka3l65cwv mode=scroll] In 2013, Supervisors and Metro Board Members Mark Ridley-Thomas and Gloria Molina began promoting a proposal to build an 8.3-mile pedestrian and bike path that would connect the future Crenshaw/LAX Line to the Los Angeles River. The path would follow the old Harbor Subdivision rail right-of-way that [continue reading]
