2015: a year of accomplishment and anticipation
It’s been another busy year at Metro. In the same year the Blue Line — Metro’s oldest light rail line — turned 25, construction continued on five rail [continue reading]
Update on work to connect Crenshaw/LAX Line and the Green Line
Counterweights were removed from the Green Line last weekend, allowing construction to go forward of the bridge that will bring the Crenshaw/LAX Line tracks to the Green Line. When completed, the southern end of the Crenshaw/LAX Line will connect with the Green Line. The plan at this time is to run [continue reading]
Take the Metro parking survey please!
Actually, it doesn’t matter how you get to Metro stations — please take the survey! As you might have guessed, Metro is trying to gather more information about how riders use [continue reading]
Next How to Do Business with Metro workshop to take place January 12
The next How to Do Business with Metro workshop will take place Tuesday, Jan. 12 here at One Gateway Plaza. The two-hour orientation and business workshop provides firms with information on Metro’s certification program, vendor registration, contract look-ahead schedules and other useful information. Metro’s procurement staff also conducts one-on-one interviews with firms during [continue reading]
Free fares on Christmas Eve from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
A reminder: To help you celebrate the holidays safely, all Metro bus and rail lines will provide free service on the nights of Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Specifically, no fare will be charged starting 9 p.m. tonight (Dec. 24) until 2 a.m. Friday morning (Dec. 25). All Metro Rail [continue reading]
How We Roll, Dec. 23: Star Wars characters on a train
Art of Transit: From the Dept. of Search Your Feelings (no spoilers): Lyft can pick you up at LAX starting Wednesday (LAT) Significantly cheaper than taxis, Lyft’s lower-end service can now [continue reading]
3-month closure of Little Tokyo/Arts District Station begins Jan. 8
The three-month Little Tokyo/Arts District Station closure is set to begin Friday night, January 8, for major track relocation and tunneling work for the Regional Connector project. The Gold Line tracks are [continue reading]
How We Roll, Dec. 21: Silver Line to the 'Pedro, Star Wars and transit-friendly pro football
Art of Transit: Things to read whilst transiting: “How George Lucas spliced together Westerns, jidaigeki, space adventure serials, fairy tales, dogfighting movies, and Casablanca to create Hollywood’s first world-conquering collage,” [continue reading]
Remaking L.A. County’s transportation system one innovative idea at a time
The following is by Phillip A. Washington, the CEO of LA Metro: Remaking the transportation infrastructure of a region is a once in a century opportunity. When planners sat down in 1916 to think about the needs of the 20th century, they focused on building roads where none existed. The transportation needs [continue reading]
And another heads up! More testing on Expo Line between Culver City and SaMo
This is a continuation of the ongoing testing program. Please be careful around trains, especially on the street-running segment along Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica. And before you ask…no, we don’t [continue reading]