Adios bus stairs, here comes the “Low Rider.” Bus riders in Los Angeles County will no longer have to climb stairs to board a Metro Bus on any of Metro’s 170 bus lines beginning August 30. That’s the date when Metro will be officially retiring its very last high-floor transit buses [continue reading]
It’s just a one-block closure, but please take note if you’re planning on traveling around the Little Tokyo and Civic Center area on Saturday or live/work in the area. The Regional Connector is a 1.9-mile underground light rail line that will connect the Gold Line to the Blue and Expo [continue reading]
Here is the news release from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the agency building the 11.5-mile addition to the Gold Line between eastern Pasadena and the Azusa/Glendora border. Yep, it’s another project funded by Measure R: Four-Day Full Closure of Huntington Dr & Second Ave Intersection Begins Friday [continue reading]
For those Metro customers with ExpressLane FasTrack transponders: Metro has become aware of an email phishing scam that appears to be an attempt to collect toll lane revenue. Please take a moment to examine the email pictured above, and be advised that this is not an authorized communication from Metro [continue reading]
Metro and the Los Angeles Sheriff Department and other agencies will be conducting a rail safety training exercise tomorrow, August 2, at the Metro Green Line platform at Aviation/LAX Station. The exercise is scheduled to last from 8:30 a.m. to noon. The exercise area will be clearly marked and will not be open to the public. [continue reading]
7:58 a.m.: The Blue and Expo Lines are resuming normal service. The earlier signals issue has been cleared. Metro thanks you for your understanding and patience. The Blue and Expo Lines are experiencing major delays due to a signal failure near Del Amo station. Please allow extra time on your [continue reading]
Metro buses serving the Westwood/UCLA area continue to be impacted by yesterday’s #SunsetFlood. LADWP has estimated that Sunset Boulevard will remain closed between Veteran and Hilgard avenues for at least the next 24 hours: Current estimate is that Sunset BV will be closed thru tomorrow. Better est will be possible [continue reading]
Work on the demolition of the old railroad bridge and the bridge abutments remains ahead of schedule. The intersection of Aviation and Century boulevards is on track to reopen at 2 a.m. Monday, four hours ahead of the original schedule. Traffic congestion on the roads around Los Angeles International Airport was either [continue reading]
The CenturyCrush is proceeding nicely. Most of the mid span has been taken down. Hopefully they're ahead of schedule pic.twitter.com/zRFQw9474t — Kevin Takumi (@KevinTakumi) July 26, 2014 Good morning! Demolition work overnight went according to plan and traffic to and from the airport is flowing well. The intersection of Aviation [continue reading]
Traffic in/around LAX running smoothly. Big thnx to people using public transit. Pls keep it up! #CenturyCrunch — LAX Airport (@flyLAXairport) July 26, 2014 Report from LAX and #CenturyCrunch: tumbleweeds, at least leaving airport — Adam Nagourney (@adamnagourney) July 26, 2014 At LAX, departing travelers still saying they had minimal [continue reading]
