How We Roll, March 8: there were elections
Art of Transit 1: Art of Transit 2: Garcetti is reelected (LAT) Faced with the chance of radical change, L.A. voters stay the course (LAT) Measure H rebounds from an [continue reading]
Women Build Metro: meet Nancy Garcia, carpenter apprentice
Nancy Garcia of Boyle Heights was working at Goodwill when she first learned about Women Build Metro. At the time, she wasn’t sure the Goodwill store was a good fit [continue reading]
Metro receives unsolicited proposal to accelerate Orange Line conversion to light rail through a public-private partnership
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has received an unsolicited proposal from Fluor Enterprises, Inc., to accelerate conversion of the Orange Line from bus rapid transit to light [continue reading]
This Weekend: Bus shuttles replace Red Line between Vermont/Santa Monica and Hollywood/Vine
Installation of cell service equipment and necessary maintenance work will take place this weekend on the Red Line. This will require a full track closure, with bus shuttles replacing trains [continue reading]
Fiscal year 2018 budget kick-off: how to get involved
https://soundcloud.com/metrolosangeles/2017-budget-part-1 Spring is in the air, meaning we can soon all relish in the joy that is Metro’s annual budget season 🙂 The budget in the works is for the upcoming 2018 fiscal year, which begins July 1. The above podcast helps explain how you can get involved in the process [continue reading]
How We Roll, March 6: is tolling the thing that will ‘fix’ traffic?
ICYMI: I was a little surprised I didn’t get more push back or comments on last week’s How We Roll that posed the question whether driving was getting any cheaper. [continue reading]
Go Metro to ArtNight Pasadena to receive free goodies
ArtNight Pasadena is back with eighteen participating cultural institutions this Friday, March 10 from 6 to 10 p.m. The free event offers a variety of art, music and entertainment around town [continue reading]
Pics: 626 Golden Streets
Pics start in South Pas and run west to east, ending with me hiding under the Gold Line bridge in Azusa. 🙂 https://www.flickr.com/photos/metrola/33277006535/in/album-72157680992190566/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/metrola/32893779230/in/album-72157680992190566/ And yet again, there were [continue reading]
Final Update: Purple Line resumes normal service for Monday morning commute
10:15 a.m.: A 62-year-old man was “was booked on suspicion of murder and is being held in lieu of $2 million,” reports the Los Angeles Times. 5:15 a.m.: The investigation has been completed, and all Purple Line service has been restored. PURPLE LINE: trains turn back at Westlake/MacArthur, buses replace trains between [continue reading]
How We Roll, March 2: why Metro uses photo enforcement cameras to keep vehicles off train tracks
Hundreds of motorists were likely wrongly targeted by camera at LA intersection (KCBS) This piece by reporter David Goldstein concerns a Metro photo enforcement camera at East Century Boulevard and [continue reading]