Red/Purple Line subway celebrates 25th anniversary
The first segment of the Red Line subway opened Jan. 29, 1993 — 25 years ago today. Metro held a media event at Union Station this morning to celebrate and [continue reading]
Video: Union Station passenger concourse concepts
Planning work continues on the Link Union Station project that would add a new southern entrance/exit to Union Station for Metrolink and Amtrak trains and build a new expanded passenger concourse. The concourse would replace the current tunnel under the Metrolink, Amtrak and Gold Line tracks. The tunnel can get very [continue reading]
Twenty-Eight by ’28 Plan approved; Metro Board meeting roundup
[scribd id=369924920 key=key-osDTwekCPtAPY1QLHPdB mode=scroll] Agenda pdf for download and printing here The first Metro Board meeting of 2018 is now in the books. Here is the official recap of actions and you can listen here. Among the actions taken today, the Board: •Adopted the “Twenty-Eight by ’28” plan to complete 28 major [continue reading]
Upcoming Westbound SR-91 Improvements Project community meetings
Metro and Caltrans District 7, in collaboration with the Gateway Cities Council of Governments (GCCOG), are proposing to make improvements along westbound SR-91, between Shoemaker Avenue and the I-605/SR-91 Interchange, [continue reading]
Metro statement on video of young woman being removed by police from subway vehicle
A Message from Metro CEO Phillip Washington: As Metro continues to work with our partners at the Los Angeles Police Department on the investigation of a young woman being forcibly removed from a Metro subway train yesterday, I want to be clear about my position: We want our Customer Code [continue reading]
Long Beach Transit is hosting a job fair Jan. 24
Long Beach Transit will be hosting a job fair on Wednesday, Jan. 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Grand Long Beach Events Center (4101 E. Willow St., Long [continue reading]
71-day closure of five Green Line stations begins this Friday to connect Crenshaw/LAX Line and Green Line
On Friday evening at 9 p.m. Metro will begin work on connecting the Crenshaw/LAX Line and the Green Line tracks. The work will require a 71-day closure of five Green Line [continue reading]
Meatless Mondays with Metro: Tocaya Organica
Take a little more transit and eat a little less meat — two things you can do to reduce your impact on the environment. In this installment of Meatless Mondays [continue reading]
Go Metro to Night on Broadway this Saturday and get a discount on dinner
Night on Broadway is celebrating its 10th anniversary this Saturday. The DTLA arts and music festival runs from 3 p.m. to midnight and is free for all ages. Enjoy four stages, six [continue reading]
Go Metro to Museums Free-For-All this Sunday
Attention museum lovers: SoCal Museum’s 14th annual Museums Free-For-All returns this Sunday! Enjoy free general admission to more than 40 museums of art, cultural heritage, natural history and science. You [continue reading]