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Welcome to another edition of Go Metro Weekends, where as always we try to keep your bellies, wallets and weekends full. Friday MADTv Stand Up will be taking place at I.O West! Some of the show’s alums will be hitting the stage at 8 p.m. to perform original stand up [continue reading]
A Metrolink media event just wrapped at Union Station to announce that Positive Train Control — a technology used to prevent trains colliding — will start being used on some of the commuter’s railroad trains in Southern California. Here is the news release from Metrolink: LOS ANGELES – Senator Dianne [continue reading]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6ovjs52cHc&feature=youtu.be] Here’s our original post along with the Metro news release. And here’s the FTA’s news release. And the non-government view of things? Here’s the L.A. Times article.
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! Metro to connect $670 million for downtown rail connector (L.A. Times) Coverage of today’s announcement that after years of negotiations, Metro and the Federal Transit [continue reading]
From our friends at the Federal Transit Administration: LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today celebrated the signing of a $670 million construction grant agreement to help build the Regional Connector light rail transit line in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. The two-mile [continue reading]
Officials from Metro and the Federal Transit Administration signed a pair of agreements Thursday that will provide a $670-million federal grant and a $160-million federally-backed loan for the Regional Connector light rail project. The total budget of the project is $1.37 billion. A media event with public officials is being [continue reading]
FINAL UPDATE 6:44 p.m.: Signal issues at Lakewood and Norwalk Station have been resolved. Metro Green Line is resuming normal service at this time, though trains may experience residual delays for the next 20 minutes. Extra shuttle bus service between Lakewood and Norwalk has been cancelled. Metro greatly appreciates the [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! A CyclingSavvy instructor explains her objections to bike lanes (Biking in LA) Karen Karabell, of St. Louis, makes a thoughtful, cogent argument against bike lanes, [continue reading]
Metro debuted the first of 550 New Flyer buses this morning. The New Flyer buses will be replacing the remaining high floor buses, thus making Metro a 100 percent low-floor fleet. Additionally, the buses will eventually replace all coaches built between 1999 and 2001, which will result in a much [continue reading]
