I had the opportunity to test ride a Transdev self-driving electric bus today. I was really excited about it because I’ve never ridden in an autonomous vehicle (AV) before, and [continue reading]
More on football and transit at the bottom. The Carson Chargers get to play the Patriots and Tom Brady in New England next season, btw. Art of Transit: https://twitter.com/annanotation/status/828659547308822528 Anna’s working on a separate post about her glimpse into the future. Or one possible future. ICYMI, looks like 10 of [continue reading]
Train service will be replaced by bus shuttles on two stretches of the Expo Line this month in order for maintenance and repair work to be performed on overhead wires, track and communications equipment. The first closure was the weekend of Feb. 10 to 12. This coming weekend from the [continue reading]
Dept. of Sneak Peeks: Dept. of Groundhog’s Day: The Sierra snowpack is at its highest level for this time of the year since the mid-1990s, some of California’s reservoirs are [continue reading]
Metro today announced that four unsolicited proposals that could accelerate two mega projects included in Metro’s Measure M transportation ballot measure have advanced from Phase I to Phase II analysis. Two of the proposals are for the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor and two are for the Sepulveda Pass [continue reading]
Art of Transit 1: Art of Transit 2: Does L.A. need the Purple Line Extension to go to Santa Monica? (Urbanize LA) During his campaign for Los Angeles Mayor in [continue reading]
Feb. 8 update: here is a list of fixes made so far to the new site. *** After several months of testing and input from the public, the redesigned and [continue reading]
The Lunar New Year has arrived, and Los Angeles brings you festivities to help enjoy a year of good luck and fortune. Here are a couple of events that will [continue reading]
All five Service Councils will meet in February and hear an update on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Studies from Metro Countywide Planning and Regional Service Performance Report. Additionally, all the Councils will consider the adoption of a decorum policy, with the exception of the South Bay Council, which adopted [continue reading]
Reminder: metro.net will be down between noon and 2 p.m. today for the cutover to the new metro.net. The tech folks have rebuilt the trip planner from the ground up, [continue reading]
