Metro held a media event this morning in North Hollywood to announce the impending restoration of the station that is next to the Orange Line terminus. The first two photos in the above gallery were taken this morning — the station was recently painted. The rest of the photos were [continue reading]
Final reminder for Alfred Hitchcock at Union Station – Strangers on a Train screens tonight at 8 p.m. in the North Patio. The AltCar Expo takes place this Friday and Saturday at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Go check out the latest in alternative tech vehicles! The expo lasts from 10 a.m. to [continue reading]
The platform at Westwood station. Rails to be used on phase 2. The rail line will travel on a bridge under the 405 freeway en route to the above-grade Sepulveda station. The bridge over Centinela is looking good. A big thank you to Alan Weeks for taking the photos and [continue reading]
The latest from Caltrans on the I-5 between Pico Canyon/Lyons and the SR-14: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) plans to implement the closures listed below as part of a project that is constructing a truck lane on southbound I-5 between Pico Canyon Road/Lyons Avenue and the Antelope Valley Freeway [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! Portland bicyclist: ‘I got hit by the MAX and lived to tell about it’ (Oregon Live) A cyclist wearing headphones [continue reading]
My colleague Anna Chen asked readers the other day what they were reading while on transit. Glad you asked! I commend Anna Chen for “Night Shift” by Stephen King. That’s old school! And I encourage her to dive deeper into the King canon. I’d start with “Christine” about a Plymouth Fury [continue reading]
If you weren’t able to make it out to the Chinatown screening in July, here’s your next chance to watch a movie at Union Station! Metro and Echo Park Film Center will be screening a classic Alfred Hitchcock film (did you guess Strangers on a Train? Because you were right!) [continue reading]
[polldaddy poll=7406937] We just became aware of this interesting slice of the Internet: The “Men taking up too much space on the train” blog on Tumblr. It’s a very simple blog: it’s a series of photos of men consuming one or more seats on trains. A few of the photos [continue reading]
LAUS Bd Workshop 091813 v8 Rev Above is a new presentation on the ongoing Los Angeles Union Station Master Plan process. The presentation was prepared for use at a Metro Board of Directors workshop on the Master Plan that is being held Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 3:30 p.m. at Metro [continue reading]
This issue is an excellent example of the domino effect. Metro and other California transit agencies were threatened with losing billions of dollars in federal funds because of a dispute between the state and the U.S. Department of Labor over whether the state’s pension reform violated the rights of transit [continue reading]
