Community meeting Thursday night to discuss Carmageddon II
Here is the meeting notice: I-405 Freeway Closure Meeting Notice 9-6-12
@Metrolosangeles Twitter Tuesday, Sept. 5 edition
Well, one day late…I blame the holiday…. Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, our roundup of the latest Metro related tweets. To get our attention, add the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets and subscribe to our feed if you haven’t already. For specific complaints and customer service, please use the Customer Comment [continue reading]
Metro staff to visit stations to push rail safety to riders
Here’s the news release from Metro: To increase rail safety awareness during September, Metro Safety staff will be visiting several rail stations passing out safety information, providing safety tips and discussing safety issues around trains and tracks with Metro Rail patrons. The effort coincides with Railroad Safety Month in California [continue reading]
About 8,000 people rode Expo Line to USC game on Saturday
The ridership numbers from Metro are in and here’s the skinny: an estimated 8,000 people rode the Expo Line on Saturday to and from USC’s home opener against the University of Hawaii at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. In addition, Metro estimates that 4,000 to 6,000 of those fans reached [continue reading]
405 closures for prep work for Carmageddon II
Here’s the news release from Metro about upcoming overnight closures of parts of the 405 freeway and other streets in order to prepare for the demolition of the north side of the Mullholland Drive bridge on the weekend of Sept. 29-30: Carmageddon II prep work
Transportation headlines, Wednesday, Sept. 5
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Shock therapy for a declining gas tax (The Planning Report) [continue reading]
Service councils conducting in-depth corridor studies
For the first time, each of Metro's five regional Service Councils is conducting a “Corridor Study” to evaluate within a heavily used transit corridor in their area. Each of the corridors being studied include multiple routes, which could consist of local service, limited service and/or rapid service. The routes selected [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Tuesday, Sept. 4
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Measure J examined (The Transport Politic) Yonah Freemark takes a [continue reading]
Expo Line service to USC football kicks off with big crowds!
The new Expo Line did what it was designed to do this afternoon, carrying many USC fans to the Trojans’ football season opener against Hawaii. It is the first time in nearly six decades that there has been train service to a football game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Thursday, August 30
Sorry for the delay in posting. I hit the trifecta this morning with transit delays — and my phone ran out of juice, to boot. One of those days, people. Beverly Hills school board prepares for federal suit (Beverly Hills Patch) The BHUSD school board voted to increase the pay [continue reading]