$1.6B in fed funding for subway extension!
A federal grant and loan totaling nearly $1.6 billion to help build the second phase of the Metro Purple Line Extension to downtown Beverly Hills and Century City was announced [continue reading]
Measure M is a game changer. Innovation can change the game
By Joshua Schank / Chief Innovation Officer What does an innovation agenda look like in a Measure M world? With the passage of Measure M, Los Angeles County made a bold choice for the future of transportation in the region. In the coming decades, Metro and our partners will build [continue reading]
Blue Line resuming normal service for Thursday morning commute
Update, 5:25 a.m.: Power system repairs near the Blue Line rail yard were made yesterday evening allowing trains to run normally for this morning’s commute. However, due to railcar availability, some trains will arrive with two cars only. Be sure to use the entire platform when boarding. *** Update, 4:40 [continue reading]
Blue Line repairs completed, trains resuming normal service
Update, 7:15 a.m.: Repairs to the Metro Blue Line’s overhead wire system have been completed. Trains are resuming normal service with residual delays through morning rush hour. While we work to restore service, some trains will continue to run with two cars. Please board at the front or center of [continue reading]
How We Roll, Jan. 3: sticking our toe in the waters of 2017
Happy New Year’s everyone! Hope everyone enjoyed the parade and game yesterday (only 1,040 yards in offense!). It has been a little slow news-wise over the holidays, but let’s stick [continue reading]
Here are some upcoming Metro Art events to help jump start your year
Start the year with a little art appreciation. Here are the upcoming Metro Arts events you’ll want to get on your calendar. All events are free and open to the [continue reading]
Preview of January Metro Service Council Meetings
After a holiday break in December for four of the five Service Councils, all are back and ready to get to work in 2017. If you’re still finalizing your New Year’s resolutions, why not resolve to attend at least two Metro Service Council meetings this year? Each meeting includes time [continue reading]
How We Roll, Dec. 30: let’s close the book on 2016 and put the book on a shelf and maybe pull the book down and dust it off once in a while
Well, well, well. We have almost completed another trip around the sun and a lot of folks are saying — with some justification — that it perhaps was not the [continue reading]
How We Roll, Dec. 29: the year is almost over and that could be a good thing unless it’s not
Some recent Metro-related Tweets: @metrolosangeles It's hard to find a seat on #expoline as is and people need to be discouraged from doing this with their bikes pic.twitter.com/aYIah8LQJf — Benasaur [continue reading]
New video: Regional Connector’s tunneling machine arrives at 1st/Central station
The Regional Connector’s tunnel boring machine (Angeli, as she’s known around these parts) has arrived at the 1st St/Central Avenue Station site in Little Tokyo. After lowering the machine one [continue reading]