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Crenshaw/LAX Line update: https://twitter.com/crenshawtbm/status/832013354600370176 The tunneling machine is digging the second of the two rail tunnels on the northern section of the line. Purple Line Extension update: Decking began last [continue reading]
Dept. of Bike Upgrades: https://twitter.com/MitchOFarrell/status/831189897499209728 Dept. of Valentine’s Day: Metro might explore a Blue Line express and other ways to speed up service (Curbed LA) Several Metro Board Members have penned a motion to study the possibility of grade separating the busy junction with the Expo Line (which also sits [continue reading]
Reminder: for those of you planning on going to the march Saturday, avoid long lines at the TAP vending machines by getting your TAP card ahead of time. More here. Dept. of Infrastructure Facts: I didn’t know Oroville Dam was taller than Hoover Dam. Now I do. Here’s what the [continue reading]
Art of Transit: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (@metrolosangeles) Things to listen to whilst transiting: “The Shattering of an All-American Town” on Fresh Air. Good podcast about Lancaster, Ohio, which was once a major player in the manufacture of [continue reading]
Things to look at whilst transiting: the online galleries of the photographer Gordon Parks. For sure, check out the “Segregation Story, 1956” gallery. It’s sad and poignant anytime and especially worth a look during Black History Month. Reminder #1: the parking lot at the Expo Line’s Culver City Station closes Feb. [continue reading]
Art of Transit: The view from the other direction: https://twitter.com/tnaka83/status/829085346579091458 Reminder #1: the parking lot at the Expo Line’s Culver City Station closes Feb. 14. More here. Reminder #2: bus [continue reading]
Dept. of Sneak Peeks: Dept. of Groundhog’s Day: The Sierra snowpack is at its highest level for this time of the year since the mid-1990s, some of California’s reservoirs are [continue reading]
Art of Transit 1: Art of Transit 2: Does L.A. need the Purple Line Extension to go to Santa Monica? (Urbanize LA) During his campaign for Los Angeles Mayor in [continue reading]
Reminder: metro.net will be down between noon and 2 p.m. today for the cutover to the new metro.net. The tech folks have rebuilt the trip planner from the ground up, [continue reading]
From the Dept. of Twitter: The feed for BART — the rail system serving parts of the Bay Area — had lots to say this weekend. You can take BART to all kinds of weekend events – also, direct service to SFO is running great right now. — BART (@SFBART) [continue reading]
