The I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project contractor is scheduled to conduct full 10-hour northbound I-405 freeway closures from the Santa Monica Boulevard off-ramp to the Santa Monica Boulevard on-ramp in West Los Angeles on the nights of Friday, May 10, Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 11 [continue reading]
If you have not yet heard, here is the situation tomorrow night. The Kings-Blues playoff game begins at Staples Center at 7 p.m. At that time, Expo Line trains will be running normal weekend service between Culver City and 7th/Metro Center in downtown Los Angeles. However, at 8:30 p.m. until [continue reading]
The Los Angeles Union Station Master Plan team is releasing its draft alternatives today for improving the venerable station as a transit center. Among some of the proposals (shown above) are replacing the parking lots in front of the station with open space, building a new bus terminal to handle [continue reading]
May Day, May 1, marks the first day of the next round of monthly Service Council meetings, with the San Fernando Valley Council once again starting things off. A wide range of topics will be covered at the various meetings. Please note that some of the presentations are tentative at [continue reading]
May Day marches and rallies are expected to take place in downtown L.A.’s central business district tomorrow and certain streets will start closing between 6 a.m. – 7 a.m. as marchers gather. LADOT will be closing and opening streets as events take place and traffic may not return to normal [continue reading]
Metro will hold a public hearing on a draft $4.891-billion budget fiscal year 2013-14 that begins July 1 at 1 p.m. May 15 in the Metro Board Room on the third floor of Metro headquarters at One Gateway Plaza in downtown Los Angeles. Metro HQ is adjacent to Union Station [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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Thanks to wifi in the criminal courts building jury room, [continue reading]
Musician Michael Bublé performed an a capella version of “Who’s Lovin’ You” inside New York City’s 66th Street-Lincoln Center subway station last Thursday alongside the group Naturally 7. Video of the performance has been making the rounds online. On performing inside the NYC subway station, Bublé called it: “The most authentic organic way [continue reading]
Did you know that Metro has worked with more than 300 artists to enhance nearly 100 stations in the Metro system? For those adventurous types out there, Metro offers walking tours that provide insights into the artworks, the artists who created them and the processes of making them. Explore the Metro [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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Kjuewk2cg&w=560&h=315] Transportation’s addiction to petroleum products isn’t going away, so says the above [continue reading]
