UPDATE, 4:08 P.M.: The trespasser has been apprehended. UPDATE, 4:24 P.M.: Normal Red Line service resumes with some residual delays. Thanks for your patience! Except service delays in Red Line service this afternoon as Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputies search for an apparent trespasser in the train tunnel between Universal City [continue reading]
Due to an earlier fire near Barrington and Wilshire, Line 720 will detour along Santa Monica Blvd between Barrington Ave and Bundy Dr. The detour is expected to last until approximately 6 p.m. or until the affected segment of Wilshire Blvd is reopened. Here are the details of the detour [continue reading]
Last night Metro Board Chair Diane DuBois — Councilmember for the City of Lakewood, a highway-dependent section of L.A.County — and Doug Failing, Metro Executive Director of Highway Projects answered phone and email questions from commuters all over L.A. County on Metro Live, a live TV call-in show that streamed simultaneously on [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! ART OF TRANSIT: A Red/Purple Line subway car in Metro’s maintenance shop. From our Instagram feed. BART workers go on [continue reading]
Saturday: go Metro to Taste of Soul. Also, one last reminder for the Sunday Pomona Pumpkin Patch Pedal ride! The Sherman Oaks Street Fair takes place on Sunday on Ventura between Van Nuys and Kester. The free festivities last from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and include music, food and [continue reading]
As those who have been following the issue know, Metro CEO Art Leahy has been saying since last spring that the agency will likely pursue a restructuring of bus and train fares in 2014. The idea is to keep pace with rising costs, increase revenues and create fares that better [continue reading]
This morning, Metro was honored at L.A. CARES for its proactive stance in veteran hiring. Currently, there are approximately 600 employees at Metro who have identified with military status, and 100 of them were hired between January 2012 to June 2013. Metro supports the transportation industry goal to increase veteran hiring to 10% – 12% over [continue reading]
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Thursday toured one of the next-generation buses that will be soon part of the agency’s fleet while also expressing thanks to agency staff for their efforts to improve transit access for mobility-impaired passengers. Mayor Garcetti met with General Manager of Transit Capital Programs Richard Hunt [continue reading]
Above is one of the more interesting motions to come forth in the October round of meetings for the Metro Board of Directors. It involves one of our favorite issues: first mile, last mile — i.e. how to get people to and from transit stations. The gist of it: The [continue reading]
Metro Board Chair Diane DuBois and Doug Failing, Metro Executive Director of Highways, will answer roads and highways questions LIVE on Metro Live on Santa Monica City TV 16 and L.A. County TV 36 from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight. The show also will stream simultaneously on citytv.org. The phone [continue reading]
