This morning at Union Station. Photo: Metrolink. And some good historical pics, including a few (the black and white ones) from opening day back in October of 1992: The press [continue reading]
From a tour exploring historic Union Station art, architecture and spaces not generally open to the public to a documentary film screening highlighting Los Angeles’ rising mural movement in the [continue reading]
Most of the construction on the Purple Line Extension thus far has involved construction of the first three new stations. But work began this week on the critical task of [continue reading]
A major obstacle work crews had to overcome this past summer at the future Historic Broadway Station site was the removal of an old storm drain and installing its upgraded [continue reading]
[scribd id=362686364 key=key-dUzyoqAxH0OKcq3ifSxq mode=scroll] Pdf here The Metro Board of Directors are meeting today at Metro headquarters adjacent to Union Station. The agenda with links to staff reports is above. You can listen online here. •The Board approved the consent items. Item 36 was moved to the non-consent agenda and [continue reading]
Dept. of World Series: Attentive Source readers know that for months I have correctly stated that it was an inevitability that the Dodgers would reach the World Series. While being right all the time is a burden and tiresome, I’ll take it. And it has been a lot of fun [continue reading]
Photos: Jacob Greenlund/Metro Halloween is right around the corner, and I’m sure many of you are starting to make trick-or-treating plans. We want all walking dead and small creatures to [continue reading]
On Tuesday, Oct 24, the Rail Operations Control Center received notification of damaged signal equipment affecting the Foothill Extension from Irwindale to APU/Citrus Stations. After further investigation, it was determined that the damage was caused due to overheated wiring. The signaling system sustained extensive damage to the wiring and equipment [continue reading]
One of the agency’s most intriguing projects — Metro MicroTransit — takes a nice step forward today when at 2 p.m. Pacific time, Metro releases its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the pilot program on our Vendor Portal. MicroTransit is basically a small vehicle that you can order (like you would [continue reading]
A+D Architecture and Design Museum will be hosting Aerial Futures: Leading Edge, a public symposium on the future of aviation and the architecture of travel, on November 2 and 3. Hear from interdisciplinary scholars, practitioners and local audiences — including Metro planner Anthony Loui — in a series of [continue reading]
