The El Monte Busway and I-10 ExpressLanes will be closed this weekend (March 22 and 23) between Alameda Street and the I-710 Freeway from 10 p.m. Friday to approximately 5 p.m. Saturday. The closure is necessary to complete Caltrans road work, which was planned for last week but postponed due [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. CicLAvia updates map for April 21 … no Figueroa, but MacArthur Park is back [continue reading]
The Dodgers open at home April 1 with a three-game home stand against the Giants, and Metro’s Dodger Stadium Express will be providing convenient, free service to the ballpark from Union Station Patsaouras Plaza to those with game tickets. Ride in and catch the Express on Metro Bus or Rail and skip [continue reading]
L.A. Union Station Master Plan We posted the other day about a new Metro staff report on the Los Angeles Union Station Master Plan process. The thrust of the report: making Union Station work as a transit hub is the first and foremost priority of the master plan. The above [continue reading]
For masochistic readers following the tortuous path of transportation funding in Congress, here are a dynamic duo of legislative updates from Metro’s government relations staff. The first is good news: the House of Representatives restored transportation funding in the budget for the second half of this fiscal year. The second [continue reading]
Three quick notes from the Metro Board of Director committee meetings on Thursday morning: •The Dodger Stadium Express will be back this season, once again offering free bus service between Los Angeles Union Station and the ballpark for those holding tickets to the game. And there's a wrinkle: in cooperation [continue reading]
Photos by Anna Chen/Metro Metrolink Board Member Richard Katz and Councilmember Jose Huizar – both of whom are also members of the Metro Board of Directors – joined Brad Keselowski, winner of last year’s Sprint Cup, and Miss Sprint Cup at Union Station today to declare Auto Club Speedway Day [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. Fate of Crenshaw/LAX Line's Leimert Park station still a mystery [continue reading]
Photos by Anna Chen/Metro Metro participated in Antelope Valley Transit Authority‘s dedication ceremony of the Phase II Facilities Project today. The construction expanded their original maintenance and operations facility in Lancaster. Metro provided $5.555 million in funding for the original facility through the 2001 Call for Projects and contributed $799,344 [continue reading]
The Metro ExpressLanes pilot project released its first performance report on Wednesday, offering a statistical look at how the project is faring on the 110 freeway. The ExpressLanes on the 10 just opened in mid-February and those lanes will be evaluated in future reports. Metro and Caltrans officials stress [continue reading]
