The meeting today was mostly a quiet one — the agenda was thin — but here are a few highlights: •The Board voted to approve two options to a contract with Kinkisharyo International for 97 new light rail vehicles to be used on the Crenshaw/LAX Line and to replace older [continue reading]
Not exactly a surprising vote here given that the name change was requested by the city of Long Beach. The vote by the Metro Board was unanimous. Here's the motion by Board Member Don Knabe.
The Metro Board just voted to approve the motion below by Board Members Zev Yaroslavsky, Pam O'Connor and Ara Najarian to study the possibility of adding gates to some stations along the first phase of the Expo Line, which runs from 7th/Metro Center to Culver City. Gate latching at Red/Purple [continue reading]
The Metro Board just approved the motion below by Board Members Eric Garcetti and Jacquelyne Dupont Walker that asks Metro to report on a number of initiatives involving technology, smartphones and wireless access across the Metro bus and rail system. This is hardly a shocker. When I covered the L.A. [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Transportation Headlines online newspaper, which you can also access via email subscription (visit the newspaper site) or RSS feed. Scores dead in Spanish [continue reading]
Good morning, Source readers. The gavel dropped a few minutes ago on the July meeting of the Metro Board of Directors. Lakewood Councilwoman Diane DuBois is the new Board chair. Her colleagues on the Board have just approved Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as the Board's Vice Chair and Los [continue reading]
On Friday, July 26, 2013, the Metro Gold Line will celebrate 10 years of progress. Only 13.7 miles long at its inception, the Gold Line opened to the public on July 26, 2003, carrying riders from Los Angeles Union Station to Pasadena. The line was initially known as the Pasadena [continue reading]
Caltrans will be closing portions of SR-14 as part of a pavement rehabilitation project. Here’s the full press release: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will close portions of Antelope Valley Freeway SR-14 from Sierra Highway (Soledad Canyon Rd) to Palmdale Boulevard as part of a pavement rehabilitation project. Closures [continue reading]
The Gold Line celebrates its 10th anniversary on Friday. Putting aside the issue of where the last decade went, I wanted to offer a few thoughts on a transit line I’ve been riding (literally) since Day One. I covered the extremely crowded first day for local media. Excitement for the [continue reading]
The American Public Transportation Association will be awarding Metro’s efforts in sustainability on July 29. Metro is the first public transportation agency in North America to receive Platinum level recognition. Here’s the excerpt from APTA’s press release describing some of Metro’s achievements: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro): [continue reading]
