Metro CEO Art Leahy and Expo Line Construction Authority CEO Rick Thorpe issued a joint statement Monday regarding a letter recently received from the California Public Utilities Commission requesting a replacement to a piece of track work at the Metro Expo/Blue Line junction. Both Leahy and Thorpe also talked with [continue reading]
Two children and a mentally disabled adult who went missing from Long Beach on Saturday night were discovered Monday morning at the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station with the help of Metro bus operator George Vazquez. Vazquez was operating Line 230 when he noticed the trio at the Sylmar Metrolink Station terminal and [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps_vQNS4k3A&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube] Our friends at New Jersey Transit have a safety campaign underway to address a long-standing problem in the Garden State and pretty much everywhere elsewhere in the United States — people walking on train tracks. The two new videos — each just 30 seconds — do not mince [continue reading]
Los Angeles County and Metro Board Member Don Knabe will join local law enforcement officials, Metro executives and local businesses Thursday morning to unveil a multimedia awareness campaign aimed at informing the public about the heinous crime of child sex trafficking. The press event will take place Thursday, May 31, at [continue reading]
A Metro bus operator was allegedly shot and killed by a passenger on Sunday morning shortly after leaving a bus layover for the 105 line at Santa Monica Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard in West Hollywood. The operator, who was 51 and a five-year veteran of Metro, was transported to [continue reading]
We frequently hear from readers and riders who want to know if Metro will be providing cell phone service and/or wi-fi in the Red and Purple Line subway. Answer: the agency is working on it and has recently received proposals from several firms. The hope is to choose a winning [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmaAvuiL0HY&list=PL0D8E1D87131BEA1A&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Here are a pair of new safety videos for the Orange Line Extension, which is expected to open in June to the Chatsworth train station. The other video is after the jump.
Adding a northbound carpool lane may be the most known part of the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project. But the project will also rebuild the Wilshire Boulevard ramps to and from the 405 to eliminate a conflict on both sides of the freeway in which traffic trying to enter [continue reading]
Metro Orange Line Extension testing is now in its third week. Buses continue to run intermittently on their very own dedicated right-of-way between Canoga Station and the Chatsworth Metrolink/Amtrak Station. Metro reminds motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists to watch out for buses as they pass intersections to ensure a safe operation. [continue reading]
Good morning, Expo passengers. First note of the day: Expo trains are leaving from platform 2 at the 7th/Metro Center station in downtown L.A. UPDATE 10 a.m.: Operations reporting smooth boarding at 7th St. / Metro Center Station, with lots of staff directing. (You can tell they’re staff If they’re smiling [continue reading]
