The long-awaited and much-anticipated Expo Line will open to the public on Saturday, April 28, said Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chairman Antonio Villaraigosa before a test ride with members of the media on Friday morning. Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and Metrolink Chairman Richard Katz, who serve [continue reading]
Here’s a map showing the Metro Rail system, including lines and busways under construction — i.e. the Expo Line, Orange Line Extension and Gold Line Foothill Extension. It was on display for the media this morning and shows how the Metro system is growing. The official new Metro Rail [continue reading]
The media have been invited to join L.A. Mayor and Metro Board Chair Antonio Villaraigosa later this morning for a ride on the Expo Line from La Cienega Station to 7th/Metro Center. Please come back for our coverage later today.
In my weekly column yesterday I wrote about the benefits and challenges of the proposed Westwood/VA station for the Westside Subway Extension. Above and below are a couple of preliminary station entrance renderings that I thought readers would like to see. In the above drawing, that’s Wilshire Boulevard cutting diagonally [continue reading]
The Board of Directors just voted to continue their consideration of the Regional Connector’s Final Environmental Impact/Statement to their April meeting. Metro staff told the Board that discussions are continuing with downtown Los Angeles residents and business interests concerned about construction techniques and impacts along Flower Street. One possibilty, said [continue reading]
WESTWOOD/VA STATION: For obvious reasons, a lot of attention has been paid to the Westside Subway Extension’s Century City station and the subway alignment in Beverly Hills. There’s no need to belabor those issues here. But one of the more overlooked stories involving the subway project involves the Westwood/VA Hospital [continue reading]
Habib Balian, the CEO of the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, send the following email on Wednesday afternoon to community members following the project that will extend the Gold Line for 11 miles from Pasadena to Azusa: This morning, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michelle Rosenblatt conducted a [continue reading]
Metro officials joined labor and business leaders on Wednesday morning at a rally along the Orange Line Extension in Chatsworth to urge the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a two-year transportation spending bill. Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Antonio Villaraigosa, Metro Directors Richard Katz and Mel Wilson [continue reading]
A key part of the Expo Line Phase 2 project is a new rail car maintenance facility in Santa Monica, located east of Stewart Street and north of Exposition Boulevard. While designs are being finalized for the maintenance yard, this presentation was given by the Expo Line Construction Authority earlier [continue reading]
Metro’s Regional Connector planning staff just sent this email to interested parties: Regional Connector on Metro Board of Director’s Agenda The Regional Connector Transit Corridor Study Final EIS/EIR is included as Item #56 on the Metro Board of Director’s March 22, 2012 agenda. This meeting is scheduled to begin Thursday [continue reading]
