photo by Jose Ubaldo/Metro Metro Rail vehicles took to the new Expo Line tracks for the first time early Monday morning. In the above photo, the vehicles — which were towed by a truck — sit at the new station at 23rd and Flower streets. More testing will continue throughout [continue reading]
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Advisories page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter. Blue Line Due to Expo Late Night Construction after 8:15pm, Blue Line trains run every 30 minutes due to construction work for the future Expo Line. Please [continue reading]
The news release, which follows, was just posted this evening by Metro. We’ll have photos tomorrow on The Source. Public urged to watch for trains and be safe Metro Monday Will Begin Train Testing On New Expo Light Rail Line On Monday morning, Metro will begin testing a train car [continue reading]
The 2011 Cherry Blossom Festival in Little Tokyo – featured prominently in this month’s Metro Monthly brochure found on buses and trains – has been postponed until September. If you’re looking for another cultural event to replace the Cherry Blossom Festival this weekend, check out our Go Metro Weekends roundup. [continue reading]
Don’t be a fool this weekend, ditch the car and take Metro. Here’s a suggested itinerary: tonight take the bus to First Fridays at the Natural History Museum and enjoy the perfect mix of science and music, tomorrow take the Red Line to experience a free Metro Art Tour 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. Buses Add Car Racks to Ease L.A. Drivers’ Uneasy Transition to Transit (Planetizen) Planetizen looks at Metro’s plans to replace bike racks on buses [continue reading]
photo by Harold R. Senthee, via his Flickr photostream That’s an inter-city express train in the foreground and the Cologne Cathedral dominating the background in this photo that nicely marries the modern age with the Middle Ages — construction of the Cathedral began in 1248 but the building as seen [continue reading]
Over the past couple of months, Metro customers have been able to add stored value to their TAP cards at 22 ticket vending machines at Metro Rail stations. The test of stored value has gone very well — so well, in fact, that Metro today is selling stored value at [continue reading]
Tim Cavanaugh at the Reason Foundation “hit & run” blog recently wrote a post asserting that since Metro decided to cut some bus service due to low ridership, the same should be done to Metro Rail. He suggested a cut of 48 percent to Metro Rail service. Among his reasons: [continue reading]
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Advisories page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter. Gold Line Due to vehicle testing after 9pm, southbound trains to East LA or Union Station may depart Sierra Madre Villa 2 minutes later than normal. Southbound [continue reading]
