Metro Board Chairman Michael D. Antonovich just dropped the gavel on today's meeting of the Metro Board of Directors, the 13-member body that oversees Metro. Here's today agenda. Administrative note: L.A. Councilman Tom LaBonge is serving on the Board today as a substitute for Councilman Jose Huizar. As we wrote [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. Casden agrees to downsize [continue reading]
Dinner and the Dodgers with discounts! Go Metro to dine at any of the following four restaurants before a game and get a special offer on the house. Bow & Truss – located in the NoHo Arts District, dinner service begins at 5 p.m. daily. Get fancy with some cheese [continue reading]
Expo Line Fan has been documenting construction of the second phase of the Expo Line and recently sent along this pair of photos taken last week. The top photo shows cement being poured on the bridge that will carry the tracks over Olympic Boulevard (foreground) and Cloverfield Boulevard (where the [continue reading]
Below is the news release from Metro. Here is the link to the app in the Apple Store. And here is the link to the app in the Google Play store for Android phones. This is very important: customers who want to report a serious crime or emergency should [continue reading]
Big news announced this morning from the Supreme Court. A rally has been scheduled for 5:30 p.m. today at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and San Vicente Boulevard in West Hollywood. Metro Bus lines that will be detouring due to the event include: 10, 30/330, 105, and 705. Detours will be [continue reading]
As you may have read last week, Metro and Metrolink held an event to celebrate a future platform on Metrolink’s Antelope Valley Line that will serve Bob Hope Airport in Burbank. As it also happens, the Airport and the city of Burbank are in the process of a transportation and [continue reading]
During Bike Week LA, we collected nominations for the Golden Pedal Awards, Metro’s annual competition for great stories about bicycling. We’re featuring these stories in a weekly Why You Ride series – because for many Angelenos, every week is Bike Week. Vincent Baltierra, Sr., leaves his house at 5:15 every [continue reading]
June Board meeting agenda The Metro Board of Directors meeting on Thursday should be both interesting and longer than a cold winter’s night with a broken furnace and no firewood, matches or a blanket. The Board has a lot on its collective plate, including several items that taken together will [continue reading]
Several bus lines will be detoured between the hours of 5 a.m. until 1 p.m. or while barricades are in place due to the Pasadena Marathon race event on Sunday June 30. Metro Bus lines impacted by the street closures include: 180, 181, 256, 686, and 687. To avoid any [continue reading]
