Paving underway at Expo Line's Culver City station
Above are a couple of photos taken yesterday of the paving work being done on the parking lot for the Expo Line's Culver City station. It should be a lot more pleasant next time it rains!
Metro Board of Directors meeting is underway
The gavel dropped at about 9:40 a.m. on today's Metro Board of Directors for those keeping score at home. Here's the agenda. Metro doesn't provide video or audio online streaming of its Board meetings, but those who want to listen in by phone can call 213-922-6045.
Sup. Michael D. Antonovich and Metro CEO Art Leahy welcome transportation marketing professionals to APTA event at Omni Hotel
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, Chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Metro CEO Art Leahy welcomed more than 200 community leaders and marketing and transportation professionals from across the country to the American Public Transportation Sup. Michael D. Antonovich speaking at national APTA workshop this week in Los Angeles. Association (APTA) annual workshop for [continue reading]
Agenda for Thursday's meeting of the Metro Board of Directors
The Metro Board of Directors holds their regular monthly meeting on Thursday at 9 a.m. at Metro headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. The meeting is open to the public. The agenda is above; here’s a link to see it directly on Metro.net. As usual, I’ll be at the meeting and [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Wednesday, Feb. 27
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. Check out the progress on the 405 project at Wilshire (LA Observed) Nice gallery [continue reading]
taptogo.net having tech issues; alternative site suggested for some transactions
UPDATE: the issue has been fixed. Looks like problems began yesterday — and the taptogo.net website is still experiencing problems. Until fixed, passes can still be purchased at https://secure.taptogo.net.
Dig baby dig! — check out the new tunnels being dug under Grand Central Terminal in New York
The New York MTA recently posted online very nice photos of their Eastside Access project, which will allow the Long Island Railroad to finally reach Grand Central Terminal via new tunnels being dug underneath the station. A few of the photos are below; click here to view the entire set on [continue reading]
Southbound 110 ExpressLanes closed tonight from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.; three bus lines impacted – Silver Line, 460 and 550
Due to emergency ExpressLanes maintenance, southbound service on Silver Line, 460 and 550 will be affected tonight from as early as 9 pm through approximately 5 am Wednesday morning. Northbound service is unaffected. When barricades are present, all southbound express buses will bypass 37th St/USC, Slauson and Manchester stations, then [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, special edition: LA Streetsblog's post "You can't fix traffic, you are the traffic" is a must read
If you have three minutes to spare, I highly recommend Damien Newton's post in response to an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times griping about Westside traffic. In the Times, editorial writer Carla Hall complained that Los Angeles City Council candidates for the Westside seat (11th district) didn't say [continue reading]
South Bay Service Council hosting special meeting Wednesday evening to discuss Metro bus lines 210 and 710
The Metro South Bay Council will host a special evening meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, February 27, at 6 pm to receive public input on Metro Lines 210 and 710 serving Crenshaw Blvd. All of the Metro Service Councils have selected specific lines in their regions to develop ideas on how to [continue reading]