Art of Transit: Ideas on how Metro and the Rams can expand fan transportation choices (Streetsblog LA) We asked for your ideas and Joe Linton responds with a lot of good suggestions on expanding walking, bike share, bike parking and the creation of shuttle buses similar to the ones that [continue reading]
We continue our construction careers program video series today with the story of Eric Barnes, a laborer for Skanska-Traylor-Shea, the contractor building Metro’s Purple Line Extension project. Eric had a troubled past, but a new [continue reading]
[scribd id=324045819 key=key-YugmWBLcaZtfuqxMZQtw mode=scroll] An $82-million million contract to double the number of private security guards to patrol the Metro system and facilities was approved by the Metro Board of Directors on Thursday. As the above Metro staff report notes, one of the issues that we hear the most about [continue reading]
Here’s the meeting announcement. The 1st/Central Station will serve Little Tokyo and the Arts District.
Bus shuttles will replace the Blue Line between Washington and 7th St/Metro Center, and the Expo Line between LATTC/Ortho and 7th St/Metro Center, beginning 9 p.m. this Friday, Sept. 23 [continue reading]
I encourage everyone to poke around the great Transport Databook site by Yonah Freemark. There are all sorts of great charts that are useful, such as the one below — a nice reminder that Americans are driving at unprecedented levels. https://twitter.com/yfreemark/status/776782068160290816 In defense of the Expo Line (LAist) Matt Tinoco [continue reading]
Over the next few days we’ll be posting a series of videos featuring construction workers and small business owners whose lives have been positively impacted by working on Metro projects through the [continue reading]
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Dept. of Reaction: Lots of good comments on our Facebook page from riders on Metro’s service to the Rams squashing of the Seahawks on Sunday. Here’s our Source post on [continue reading]
Learn about Metro’s Business Interruption Fund (BIF) Pilot Program at a series of upcoming workshops. Metro and Pacific Coast Regional Small Business Development Corporation (PCR) program staff will be on-hand to [continue reading]
