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! Man dies after stabbing attack on Metro Red Line subway (L.A. Times) Tragic news; the male victim died of his injuries Monday night. The attack [continue reading]
Los Angeles transportation officials are alerting I-405 and regional freeway motorists of an unprecedented 80-hour northbound I-405 freeway lane closure operation in the Sepulveda Pass this Presidents’ Day weekend, February 14 to 18, 2014. The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), in conjunction with California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Los [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! ART OF TRANSIT: Those are the abutments to the former Pacific Electric streetcar bridge over the Los Angeles River, just south of the Hyperion Bridge. [continue reading]
Here’s the press release from Caltrans: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) plans to implement the closures listed below as part of a project that is constructing truck lanes on I-5 between Pico Canyon Road/Lyons Avenue and the Antelope Valley Freeway (SR-14). Ramp closures will be nonconsecutive. Detours will be [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! ART OF TRANSIT: The photo is by Bob Wick, a U.S. Bureau of Land Management California employee and was taken in Wyoming. The BLM is [continue reading]
Below is the news release from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the agency building the 11.5 rail extension from eastern Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border: WHO: Residents / Commuters in the City of Monrovia. WHAT: On Monday, January 13, 2014, the intersection of California Ave and Duarte Rd [continue reading]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrEsTJalI24] Union Pacific Railroad is undertaking the movement and restoration of one of the world’s largest steam locomotives – the Big Boy No. 4014. The Big Boy has called the RailGiants Train Museum at the L.A. County Fairgrounds home for the past 50 years. However, during the past few weeks [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 will replace and refurbish scores of aging Blue Line cars (L.A. Times) Coverage of yesterday’s media event to explain ongoing renovations to the Blue [continue reading]
Outdoor hockey isn’t exactly the norm in Southern California, and getting to see an outdoor hockey game at Dodger Stadium? Could be a once-in-a-lifetime deal. Metro is ready to help SoCal hockey fans get to the Ducks/Kings game on Saturday, Jan. 25 with the Stadium Express. The game is slated [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! Unfriendly skies: after years of progress are Southland skies still making us sick? (Pasadena Weekly) The top of the story: The skies are clearer and [continue reading]
