The U.S. Census Bureau released some new data sets yesterday, although some of the numbers have been around for a while or will be familiar to some readers. I don’t think there’s anything shocking about the number of people driving into Los Angeles County to work — not exactly surprising [continue reading]
UPDATE, Noon: The suspicious package has been cleared and Green Line service is presently being restored. Here’s the service alert from earlier this morning: Green Line suspended btwn Avalon + Long Bch Blvd due to suspicious pkg at Willowbrook. Bus shuttles requested. Follow announcements.10:23 AM, Wed Mar 06
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. Garcetti and Greuel head to runoff (L.A. Times) As some polls had predicted, Eric [continue reading]
Here is the notice from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power about the upcoming Coldwater Canyon Boulevard closure. And here is a Source post about some transit alternatives to get around the closure and detours.
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, our roundup of the latest Metro related tweets. To get our attention, add the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets and subscribe to our feed if you haven’t already. For specific complaints and customer service, please use the Customer Comment Form on metro.net. If having problems viewing this post [continue reading]
Hey — at least this post isn’t about the sequester! From Metro’s government relations squad: Today [Monday], the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY) released the text of legislation (H.R. 933) that would serve to fund the U.S. Government through the end of Federal Fiscal [continue reading]
As you may have heard, there’s a primary election Tuesday in Los Angeles to elect the next mayor of the second-largest city in the nation — a city with about 3.8 million inhabitants and some well-known transportation challenges. So even if you get all scratchy and/or break out in hives [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metro: As part of its continuing work to improve the Wilshire/I-405 Interchange, The I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project plans to close the southbound I-405 off-ramp to westbound Wilshire Boulevard for two weeks beginning at 8 p.m. Friday, March 8, 2013. The new ramp is scheduled [continue reading]
Metro is launching a new campaign to increase bicycle traffic safety in Los Angeles County. The campaign will include signs on buses, billboards and radio spots with the message “Every Lane is a Bike Lane … Bicyclists may need a full lane; Please share the road.” The ads will run [continue reading]
