Here is a recap of today’s Metro Board of Directors meeting. The Board took action on the following items: •The meeting began with an update on yesterday’s tanker truck explosion on the 60 Freeway at Paramount. The massive fire took out a portion of the eastbound overpass, which will need [continue reading]
Here’s the news release issued by Caltrans: Montebello— Caltrans expects to re-open both directions of the Pomona Freeway (SR-60) to traffic by the evening commute on Friday, December 16. The freeway was closed Wednesday afternoon between the Long Beach Freeway (I-710) and the San Gabriel River Freeway (I-605) after a [continue reading]
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 blog. 60 freeway to be closed this weekend, as bridge is demolished (Los Angeles Times) UPDATE: 11:45 a.m. Thursday — Caltrans just announced [continue reading]
I love Surfas. I love the cheeses and the rolling pins and the gadgets I’ll never use but think I need. I love the imprints of cooking utensils on the floor of the concrete entranceway and the endless metal shelves of pans and imported honeys and chocolates and couscous. Surfas [continue reading]
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 blog. Bakersfield Council to consider opposing high-speed rail line (L.A. Times) It’s only a symbolic resolution — but it’s the kind that would [continue reading]
I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs. — James Thurber, humorist and cartoonist for the New Yorker magazine and a great lover of dogs. Here at Metro, that would be Shadow, the 10-year-old black Labrador who recently retired as a Guide Dog to Agustin Moreno, a systems analyst in [continue reading]
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 blog. Has the sun set on suburban sprawl in California? (Natural Resources Defense Council Switchboard Blog) A new study by the Urban Land [continue reading]
With a potential snow storm in the forecast for the Antelope Valley, Metrolink is actively monitoring the weather and railroad conditions. Prompted by a National Weather Service advisory, Metrolink has issued a word of caution and safety advice for the area’s commuters. Here’s the news release: Metrolink Trains Offer Transportation Options During [continue reading]
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 blog. FTA audit faults Metro (Los Angeles Times) Please see our post from late Friday for more information about this and a statement [continue reading]
Several media outlets have reported on a visible defect in a retaining wall now being constructed as part of the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project in the Sepulveda Pass. Panels on a localized segment of the retaining wall at the future Skirball Drive on-ramp became displaced late last week. This [continue reading]
