Though the last few days have been a little damp, California is still experiencing one of the most severe droughts on record. To spread awareness and help educate more people about the problem, Caltrans will be activating their highway message signs to urge drivers to conserve water. The press release [continue reading]
Forget the traffic horror of Jamzilla and head to “Ride 4 Love,” the East Side Riders Bike Club led bicycle ride that will explore the changes in Watts on Saturday, Feb. 15. The ride will be sponsored by Metro and supported by C.I.C.L.E. Meet at the Watts Labor Community Action Committee center (10950 S. Central Avenue, [continue reading]
With Jamzilla approaching this weekend on the 405 freeway, I thought this would be a good time to re-run a post from the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvement Project’s web page. The aim of the work this weekend is to pave a major segment of the new northbound HOV lane in the [continue reading]
Here is the information from Metro: At 3:22 a.m. today [Tuesday], there was a collision between a westbound Metro Bus on Venice Boulevard and a construction cherry picker at Venice Boulevard and Wright Street. The collision caused the lift operator in the cherry picker to fall to the ground. 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! First look at Broad Museum’s public plaza and new restaurant (Curbed LA) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSlWBQ8oFHM#t=12] Very interesting look at the plaza and eating space that the Broad [continue reading]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUBuzDPh4Ag] While some people prep for Valentine’s Day with heart, doilies, and an avalanche of pink and red, we here at Metro are counting down the days with our favorite romantic moments on transit. Today’s entry: Tom and Summer’s chance encounter as their train speeds into the sunset in 500 [continue reading]
Leading up to the Jamzilla closure taking place on the northbound 405 this weekend, there’s a smaller closure on the southbound side taking place on the night of Feb. 13: On the night of Wednesday, February 12 through the morning of Thursday, February 13, 2014, the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements contractor [continue reading]
[scribd id=206216538 key=key-276tey30ejma86c7z717 mode=scroll] As some of you already know, Metro’s Service Councils this month are holding public hearings on proposed bus service changes to take effect in June. The above staff report details all the changes, including maps of proposed bus routes. Perhaps the most interesting changes proposed involve [continue reading]
Metro is holding a pair of community meetings on Feb. 13 to discuss utility relocation and other work that needs to be done in preparation for construction of the Purple Line Extension’s Wilshire/La Cienega station. Metro has a “Master Cooperative Agreement” with the city of Los Angeles that governs how [continue reading]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac3HkriqdGQ] Valentine’s Day is this Friday – as though anyone could forget with the explosion of red and pink hearts everywhere! – so to get you in the mood for romance in transit, here’s a great video filmed at Union Station starring Lifehouse. Have your own “meet cute” moment this [continue reading]
