Just a friendly reminder: Effective Sunday, November 1 at 2:00 a.m., California will return to Pacific Standard Time. There will not be any bonus time change service on Metro Rail, so once you’ve turned back the clock, your best bet is to catch the last train before it turns 1:30 a.m. again. Metro [continue reading]
Monsters are scary, but the gruesome traffic expected to hit this weekend will be a real nightmare! If you still haven’t figured out how to celebrate All Hallows’ Eve, here’s [continue reading]
Update 4:50 p.m.: Power has been restored between Del Amo and Willow St Station, and bus shuttles have been cancelled. On behalf of Metro we’d like to apologize to all Blue Line riders delayed by this afternoon’s incident. Rail service on the Metro Blue Line is currently suspended between Del [continue reading]
Metro has received a $15-million federal TIGER grant to help construct 6.4 miles of the Rail-to-River pedestrian and bike path that would run between the future Crenshaw/LAX Line, the Silver Line and [continue reading]
Art of Transit: Freedom from fries (The New Yorker) Not a transpo story per se, although the rise of McD’s after WWII is inseparable from the rise of post-war suburbs and [continue reading]
If you plan on riding the Expo Line this weekend, particularly on Halloween night, please be aware that bus shuttles will replace Expo Line trains between Expo/La Brea and Culver City Station beginning Saturday night, Oct 31, at 11:59 p.m. through Sunday, Nov 1, close of service. The bus shuttles [continue reading]
More than 200 entries have been received since Metro announced the tunnel boring machine naming contest in June, and now we’re down to just 10 finalists. Which name will end [continue reading]
Arte de Día de los Muertas: If you haven’t had the chance yet, make sure to take a stroll in Grand Park through November 2 to check out the Day [continue reading]
Celebrate the Day of the Dead and honor the lives of those who have passed on a special Día de los Muertos themed art tour on Sunday, Nov. 1. The free, one-night-only tour [continue reading]
Update 4:51 p.m.: Power has been restored to the elevators, escalators and station lights at Vermont/Sunset. *** Due to an auxiliary power outage that began around 3:30 p.m. this afternoon, the elevators, escalators and station lighting at Vermont/Sunset Station are currently nonoperational. Red Line rail service is unaffected, though trains are [continue reading]
