Below is the press release issued Wednesday from the commuter rail agency. Metrolink’s Board of Directors approved a $120-million contract to install positive train control systems along its 512-mile rail system in October. Metro, on behalf of Los Angeles County, is one of the five county transit agencies in So [continue reading]
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Updates page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter. Blue Line Due to Expo construction work after 8:15pm, trains run every 30 minutes. Northbound trains leave Transit Mall at 8:16pm, 8:46pm and every [continue reading]
There will be bus detours in the Hollywood area on Sunday due to the annual Hollywood Christmas Parade. From 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Sunday, there will be detours on the 2, 156, 180 (Rte. 181), 207, 210, 212, 217, 222, 757 and 780 lines. Look for signs pointing [continue reading]
Here’s the press release below from the California High-Speed Rail Authority, saying that agency staff is recommending that the initial 65-mile segment of tracks be built between Madera and Corcoran in the San Joaquin Valley, with a completion date of 2017. The segment of track would be part of the [continue reading]
The above video comes from MARTA, the agency that runs mass transit in the Atlanta metropolitan area, and is a brief look at the latest bus rapid transit project to hit the streets in the United States. The big to-do on the Q Line is the ability for buses to [continue reading]
Suppose you’re out and about in LA, and you’ve got a spare hour. What to do? Where could you go? How far could you go? Thanks to Mapnificent, it is now possible to figure out just how far you could roam within a certain period of time in the Los [continue reading]
photos by Rodolphe Sebbah, via Flickr These are just two of the wonderful photos of people captured by Rodolphe on the subway in Paris. Here’s a link to the entire set, which I encourage you to scroll through. People watching on mass transit is good in most cities, but this [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. ‘Subway to the Sea’ shouldn’t end 3 miles from the sand (L.A. Times) Times columnist Steve Lopez has a dream of one [continue reading]
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Updates page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter. Blue Line Due to Expo construction work after 8:15pm, trains run every 30 minutes. Northbound trains leave Transit Mall at 8:16pm, 8:46pm and every [continue reading]
Two Metro staff reports have been dispatched to the Metro Board of Directors about the TAP program. Taken together, they include some interesting nuggets about the expansion of the electronic fare cards. The first report is an update on Metro’s TAP system. Among the highlights: •Expect to see a ramp [continue reading]
