Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Metrolink to roll out collision avoidance system (L.A. Times) Initial runs by trains using the Positive Train Control system began this week and Metrolink plans [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Metro to connect $670 million for downtown rail connector (L.A. Times) Coverage of today’s announcement that after years of negotiations, Metro and the Federal Transit [continue reading]
FINAL UPDATE 6:44 p.m.: Signal issues at Lakewood and Norwalk Station have been resolved. Metro Green Line is resuming normal service at this time, though trains may experience residual delays for the next 20 minutes. Extra shuttle bus service between Lakewood and Norwalk has been cancelled. Metro greatly appreciates the [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! A CyclingSavvy instructor explains her objections to bike lanes (Biking in LA) Karen Karabell, of St. Louis, makes a thoughtful, cogent argument against bike lanes, [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Jamzilla on the 405 ends ahead of schedule (L.A. Times) The 80-hour lane closures on the northbound 405 over the President’s Day weekend turned into [continue reading]
This weekend, so much is happening around Los Angeles that the question really isn’t “What to do this weekend?” but “How to do it all?” or, more realistically, “What to leave OFF the list?” Some questions you won’t have to ask: “How am I getting there?” and “How much time [continue reading]
A noteworthy construction milestone was reached today when the first of 18 new power traction substations was delivered to the Gold Line Foothill Extension and the Expo Line projects. The first of the substations — which transfer electricity to the overhead wires — was delivered to the Foothill Extension in [continue reading]
On the eve of Jamzilla, one more southbound I-405 closure: On the night of Thursday, February 13 through the morning of Friday, February 14, 2014, the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements contractor is scheduled to conduct a full southbound I-405 closure from Getty Center Drive to Wilshire Boulevard from midnight to [continue reading]
The 11.5-mile Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension is now 50 percent complete, according to the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, which is building the Pasadena-to-Azusa/Glendora border project. Below are an awesome collection of aerial photos taken in recent days by the Construction Authority. The news release — with a [continue reading]
Valentine’s Day is two days away and while many are preparing with cards, chocolates, and various singing stuffed animals, Metro is getting psyched with a review of some of transit’s most romantic moments. Today, a reminder that Before Sunrise, Sunset, and Midnight, there was a train ride: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psSQsNqgUzg] Have [continue reading]
