Art of Transit: That’s work on the Crenshaw/LAX Line, which will run between the Expo Line and the Green Line. It’s funded by Measure R and scheduled to open in 2019. Response to Metro’s proposed performance metrics (Investing in Place) Jessica Meaney takes a look at the metrics that would [continue reading]
Art of Transit: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (@metrolosangeles) Increasing mobility in Southern California: a new approach (Reason Foundation) [continue reading]
Work to upgrade the Green Line’s signaling system will continue this weekend, requiring full track closure and Metro bus shuttles between Harbor Freeway/I-105 and Lakewood Boulevard Station. From Friday, Nov. 20 [continue reading]
Keep your eyes peeled for poetry on your next bus ride and may poet Robin Coste Lewis’s words inspire your mind. Robin’s poem (pictured above) was selected by our long-time collaborator, Poetry Society of America, as part of Poetry In Motion/LA™, a Metro Art program that places poetry directly in the path of more than [continue reading]
Art of Progress: And Progress for Pedestrians: The city of L.A. opened its latest and most prominent scramble crosswalk this weekend at the intersection of Hollywood and Highland in the heart of [continue reading]
Metro’s Business Interruption Fund was started to assist small businesses that may be impacted by construction of Metro’s Crenshaw/LAX line, the Little Tokyo area along the Regional Connector and Phase [continue reading]
Look, I love dessert. I spend most of my days looking forward to eating dessert and trying new cafes. So here’s a list of 19 transit-oriented deliciousness/dessert spots I love to [continue reading]
Update 1:46 p.m.: The LAPD has given the all clear. The entrance to the station and streets are reopening. The Los Angeles Police Department is in the process of investigating a suspicious package near Union Station. Cesar Chavez Boulevard between Alameda and Vignes is closed. Alameda between Arcadia and Alpine is [continue reading]
Art of Transit: And speaking of the Expo Line… Expo Line hasn’t reduced traffic congestion as promised, study says (LAT) The new study from USC crunches traffic data numbers and [continue reading]
Metro’s Eat Shop Play Local campaign awarded a total of $5,250 to winners of its October Quarterly Drawing contest on the Regional Connector, Crenshaw/LAX and Purple Line Extension Projects. The drawings are [continue reading]
