Friday Celebrate the classic hit movie La Bamba with Metro and the Los Angeles Film Festival at Union Station this Friday. The free screening takes place in the old ticket concourse at 8:30 p.m. There will be a jitterbug dance lesson before the movie at 7:30 p.m. and a Q&A session with [continue reading]
UPDATE, 4:50 P.M. The train has been re-railed and tracks have cleared. Regular service resumes although there will be residual delays. Blue & Expo Lines major delays due to train-auto incident near Pico. Blue Line trains share the DTLA-bound track at Grand. ^LA — Metro Los Angeles (@metrolosangeles) June 12, [continue reading]
Those entering or exiting the Gold Line at Union Station recently may notice something different: there are TAP validators now arranged across the bottom of the stairs. The validators, up until now, have been against both walls and next to the ticket machines. What’s going on? Metro’s TAP team is trying [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! The future of Leimert Park (KCET) Great video hosted by Nic Cha Kim on the future of Los Angeles’ well-known African American neighborhoods. The segment hits [continue reading]
Here’s the press release from Metro: The I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project contractor is scheduled to conduct two consecutive nighttime freeway closures on the southbound I-405 between Santa Monica Boulevard and National Boulevard in West Los Angeles the nights of Friday, June 13 and Saturday, June 14, 2014 to facilitate [continue reading]
Make Music Los Angeles, now in its 3rd year, is set to take place Saturday, June 21. Hundreds of free concerts will be taking place in public spaces throughout Los Angeles County from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Venues include Helms Bakery, Santa Monica Place, Grand Park, Eagle Rock Library, [continue reading]
On Thursday night after 8:30 p.m., the Metro Blue Line will again run every 40 minutes between 7th Street/Metro Center and Willowbrook Station due to essential track maintenance that is part of the ongoing Blue Line improvement project. Trains will serve the remainder of the Blue Line, between Willowbrook and Long [continue reading]
For the most part, my experience with bus operators while cycling in Los Angeles has been good and one of mutual respect for each other on the road. Many of the bus operators I’ve encountered here are courteous, patient and professional. They’re able to navigate skillfully in the most stressful of [continue reading]
Metro Deputy CEO Lindy Lee joined Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty and officials from the Federal Highway Administration and California Highway Patrol today for the groundbreaking of the I-10 High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane Project. The project area is located between Puente Avenue and Citrus Street in Baldwin Park and West Covina. This is the [continue reading]
The Hansen Dam Sports Complex will be hosting the American Heroes Air Show on Saturday, June 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This free helicopter aviation event will feature rotary-wing helicopters from various local, county, state, private media and federal agencies. There will also be information regarding careers in [continue reading]
