A long-term closure of the northeast 4th and Hill Street portal at Pershing Square starts next Monday, April 18, through January 2017. During the closure, crews will replace the escalators and re-grade the Metro plaza on that side of the station. In addition to escalator replacement, the closure will coincide with a [continue reading]
Things to listen to whilst transiting: Fun episode of Pop Culture Happy Hour on four movies so bad that they’re good. I won’t give away the list, other than to [continue reading]
The TBM on a barge in Puget Sound last week (that’s Mt. Rainier in the background of the first pic) en route to Los Angeles. Photos: Metro. The tunnel boring [continue reading]
It’s National Library Week! Did you know that the city of Los Angeles has 72 branches and the county of Los Angeles operates 86 branches? The city serves the largest population [continue reading]
UPDATE, 8:35 p.m.: the disabled train has been removed from the tracks, and normal service is resuming. UPDATE, 7:25 p.m.: bus shuttles have been cancelled. Trains share one track between Florence and San Pedro Station. The Metro Blue Line is currently experiencing major delays along the entire line due to disabled train at [continue reading]
Here is the email that Metro CEO Phil Washington sent to agency employees this afternoon: LA Metro Family, Early last month (March, 2016) the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, enacted an ordinance to protect its LGBT residents from discrimination. On Wednesday, March 23, 2016, North Carolina’s governor signed a controversial [continue reading]
One in a series of posts that will look at projects and programs that would receive funding from the sales tax ballot measure that the Metro Board has approved to send [continue reading]
One in a series of posts that will look at projects and programs that would receive funding from the Measure M sales tax ballot measure on the Nov. 8 ballot. What [continue reading]
Here’s the notice from Metro:
Reminder: the next public meeting to learn more about the draft spending plan for Metro’s potential sales tax ballot measure is Monday at 6 p.m. at the Marvin Braude Constituent Center in Van Nuys. There are meetings across L.A. County this month — the full list is here (scroll down). [continue reading]
