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. Today’s Service Alerts Blue Line Due to Blue Line/Expo Construction, beginning at 8:30pm Friday and through at least 4am Monday morning, trains will operate [continue reading]
Metro Blue Line passengers will experience travel delays of up to 40 minutes for the next two weekends beginning tonight, September 24, due to construction of the Expo light rail line, which will connect with the Metro Blue Line in downtown Los Angeles. Special bus service begins tonight at 9 [continue reading]
The L.A. Weekly on Wednesday published a story headlined “$9 Billion Subway-to-Sea Rip-off.” The story suggests that the Westside Subway Extension project is a ripoff because it won’t fix traffic congestion in the region. I’d like to offer readers some corrections and clarifications, and also provide information omitted from the [continue reading]
Here’s a weekend itinerary if you can’t decide: Feast of San Gennaro in Hollywood on Friday, Glow in Santa Monica on Saturday and the West Hollywood Book Fair on Sunday. Have an event you’d like us to include? Shoot us an email at thesource@metro.net. Time and space constraints limit us [continue reading]
The Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension Light Rail Transit Project has been named the top transportation project in Southern California by California Construction Magazine. Selected by an independent jury of industry experts in design and construction, the Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension was one of 135 projects nominated by industry [continue reading]
photo by cyclotourist, via Flickr Excellent capture of a Raiders fan failing to follow the simplest of directions on the Santa Ana River bike trail. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them to Metro’s Flickr group or email them to sourcemetro@gmail.com. The photos we’ve featured can [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. Metro’s cuts to bus service (L.A. Times) The paper covers yesterday’s decision by the agency’s Board of Directors to cut about 3.7 [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. Today’s Service Alerts Red/Purple Line Due to ongoing inspection of rail cars, some subway trains on the Red and Purple lines may be shorter [continue reading]
UPDATE, FRIDAY, 5 P.M. — I added information after the jump about two other issues not included in the original version of this post. In addition to the bus service changes and cuts I posted about earlier, here are some other items of interest the Board of Directors of Metro [continue reading]
The Board of Directors voted this morning on service changes and cuts that would reduce Metro’s bus service by about 3.7 percent. The cuts include the elimination of five Rapid bus lines — the 711, 714, 715, 753 and 920 — although local service will be enhanced. Here’s the staff [continue reading]
