Art of Transit: Some pics from the Crenshaw/LAX Line taken last week. The most expensive mile of subway track on Earth (NYT) Feature: the case for the subway (NYT Magazine) [continue reading]
Embed from Getty Images The Rams are finally back in the NFL playoffs with a home game at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Coliseum against the defending NFC champs and Super Bowl losers, the Atlanta Falcons. The Expo Line and Silver Line are both good transit options for those wishing [continue reading]
Love it or hate it, legal sale of recreational marijuana in California begins this week. However, please keep in mind that it remains illegal to smoke cannabis in public — and [continue reading]
On Tuesday, January 9, Metro is hosting a workshop for agency stakeholders — including cities, transit agencies, and Transportation Management Associations in Los Angeles County — to discuss the draft Supportive Transit Parking Program (“STPP Master Plan”) Master Plan, introduced to the Board in November 2017. The STPP Master Plan [continue reading]
This has been a busy year for the Regional Connector project. All of the project’s progress —from relocating major utilities to mining twin tunnels — was helped considerably by community [continue reading]
As some riders have already noticed, optic scanners are being installed at gated Metro rail stations. The scanners will allow Metrolink mobile ticket holders to get through Metro gates and are [continue reading]
Check it out: an end of the year list that actually arrives at the very end of the year! Instead of listing every single thing that happened at Metro this [continue reading]
With funding from Metro, the city of Los Angeles Planning Department is working on a new Transit Neighborhood Plan for five stations along the Orange Line, as well as other Metro lines. In plain English, the plan’s purpose is to encourage more development near stations — and to regulate development. [continue reading]
This is an update on a proposal we posted about earlier this year: to replace direct Orange Line service to Warner Center with a circulator running between Canoga Station and Warner Center. The shuttle would make multiple stops whereas the Orange Line now has one stop in Warner Center. A Reseda [continue reading]
Subway riders have been commenting recently about unexpectedly having cell service underground beyond DTLA, so we thought it was time for a quick update. Installation of cell service equipment for [continue reading]
