Authority Announces Bid Results on Central Valley Construction Project 041213 Some interesting news from the California High-Speed Rail Authority on Friday; the agency released the results of the bidding competition to design and build the first 28-mile segment of bullet train tracks between Fresno and Madera. The low bid of [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. A one-man sanitation engineer for the busway (L.A. Times) Nice [continue reading]
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been both shooting and collecting photos of Los Angeles Union Station, the best of which I’ve put in the above slideshow; click on the first image to begin the slideshow. You can also watch the slideshow on The Source’s Flickr page or as a video on YouTube. [continue reading]
This is something that has been discussed before on this blog and the comments board and now the work is underway: Metro is relocating stand-alone validators at 7th/Metro Station in order to make it easier for customers to TAP when transferring between the Red/Purple Line subway and the Blue Line [continue reading]
Here’s the news from an email from Habib Balian, the CEO of the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the agency building the 11.5-mile extension of the Gold Line from Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border: This morning, the City of Arcadia hosted a ground breaking ceremony for the Santa [continue reading]
Here’s the notice from the Expo Line Construction Authority, the agency building the project from Culver City to Santa Monica:
If you can’t wait until September for the next Dapper Day event, join Rail LA and The Los Angeles Heritage Foundation this Sunday, April 14 for Dapper Jr. Participants should dress up in their most dapper attire and Metro over to Union Station. Walk across Alameda Street to El Pueblo and check [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. Gov. Jerry Brown wants China aboard California’s bullet train (L.A. Times) The Governor also [continue reading]
The movie “42” starts showing in theatres today and this Saturday is Jackie Robinson Triple Play Day at the Sports Museum of Los Angeles, presented by the Zimmer Children’s Museum. Go and check out the limited time only exhibit of Jackie Robinson and Negro League memorabilia. Use the code METRO when [continue reading]
Crews continue to make progress in the long term tunnel power washing project in the Red and Purple Line tunnels. The above photos show what the walls look like after being cleaned — they're now dust and grime free! Work began at Union Station and is moving at a pace [continue reading]
