Metro Board Chair Diane DuBois and Doug Failing, Metro Executive Director of Highway Projects, discussed Metro’s on-going and future street and highway projects Oct. 17 live on a 1-hour TV call-in show that also streamed on the web. As viewer questions streamed in, they discussed 405 construction, the temporary waiver of [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: An Expo Line train with a new paint job at the Exposition Park/USC station. Could NYC’s ‘wacko-nutso’ [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! LAX shooting (Daily Breeze) Media coverage of today’s shootings at Terminal 3 at Los Angeles International Airport. It needs to [continue reading]
Oct 2013 Mtg Presentation_102513.pdf Above is the presentation given at a meeting Tuesday night of the Purple Line Extension’s Section I Advisory Group. There isn’t anything dramatically new in the presentation, but it does provide a nice summary of various activities taking place as the project gets ready to start [continue reading]
Metro will be hosting an employment networking event for veterans and Wounded Warriors Project alumni, as well as their caregivers and families, on Wednesday, Nov. 6. Event Details: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. 4th Floor, Plaza View Conference Room One Gateway Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90012 Dress [continue reading]
NYC subway operators have to follow a somewhat strange rule: when they pull into a station, they have to point at a black and white striped sign to show that the train is stopped at the right place. Well, a few New Yorkers decided to do a little experiment and [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: Nice throwback costume! More transportation fixes in the works for Southern California (Daily News) Missed this one yesterday. The article reports on [continue reading]
Just a friendly reminder: Effective Sunday, November 3, 2013, at 2:00 a.m., California will return to Pacific Standard Time. Those attending HARD Day of the Dead, Metro Rail will continue running approximately 1 hour after the event regardless of the official time on the clock. And a $5 Metro Day Pass is valid until 3 [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! L.A. Mayor meets with President Obama, lobbies for federal funding (Daily Breeze) Two Metro Board Members — Mayor Eric Garcetti and L.A. Councilman Mike Bonin [continue reading]
UPDATE 1:57 p.m. The Blue Line is resuming normal service after new overhead wire was installed and power was restored between PCH Station and Downtown Long Beach. Bus shuttles between Willow Station and Downtown Long Beach have been cancelled. Metro thanks those affected for their patience. If you were late [continue reading]
