Sheriff’s Deputies and Los Angeles Police Department officers this morning participated in a traffic enforcement operation on about seven-mile stretch of the Blue Line from the Florence station to Artesia. It’s in a section of the Blue Line in which trains run at speeds up to 55 miles per hour [continue reading]
Service Update as of 2:50 p.m. Power has been restored. Replacement bus service has been cancelled. Normal train operation is resuming in both directions. Service Update as of 2:30 p.m. Service on the Metro Blue Line has been disrupted due to a traction power problem between Slauson and Firestone stations. [continue reading]
Light rains did their best to snarl traffic this morning in downtown Los Angeles as L.A. City Councilmember Tom LaBonge and several transportation officials marked the anniversary of what is now known as the “SigAlert” traffic report. It was Jan. 22, 1955, when the first “SigAlert” radio broadcast was aired [continue reading]
A handful of new RSS feeds have been added to Metro’s website for subscription. The new feeds can be found on Metro RSS Feeds and join existing feeds for The Source, El Pasajero, Metro News Headlines, Metro Library Transportation Headlines and Metro Library Primary Resources. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication – it’s a [continue reading]
REGIONAL CONNECTOR: I think it was nice to see the final environmental study for the Regional Connector be released the other day. Although public review and approval from the Board of Directors is still required, it’s the fourth major environmental study of a Measure R project to be completed since [continue reading]
As many of you are probably aware, there was a major delay to Red and Purple Line rail service earlier this afternoon due to a trespasser that was seen entering the train tunnel at the Vermont/Beverly station. The trespasser was arrested nine minutes after he was seen but the station [continue reading]
Lan-Chi Lam is the Interactive Design and Strategy Manager at Metro. She will be writing occasional posts to update readers about Metro’s use of technology to communicate with our customers. Mobile Web As of December 2011, 30 percent of all web traffic visiting metro.net came from a mobile device (smart [continue reading]
All Metro operated buses and Metro Rail trains will operate on a regular schedule on Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. For route and schedule information go to metro.net or call 323.GO.METRO (323.466.3876).
Metro has been testing locking the gates today at 7th/Metro station for the Blue Line, Red Line and Purple Line in downtown L.A. Testing is scheduled to continue until 4 p.m. and Metro personnel are on hand to help everyone get through the gates whether or not they have TAP [continue reading]
MOL Construction Notice Press Release
