UPDATE, 4:53 P.M.: Red Line Update: Trespasser has been removed, tracks are being re-energized. Plz standby for an all clear update. These service alerts were just issued: Red Line suspended btwn Vermont/Beverly + Vermont/Santa Monica due to trespasser on tracks. Use Line 204, 754 on Vermont btwn stations. Expect major [continue reading]
Gold Line trains currently run every 12 minutes during the day on weekends so this is a big-time improvement. Here’s the news release from Metro: Beginning Sunday, January 27, Metro will operate more frequent service along the Metro Gold Line, improving train service from every 12 minutes to every 6 [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. London Tube turns 150 (Flickr) To celebrate the venerable Tube’s big birthday, Flickr has [continue reading]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkGIfWt9-xQ] Back Beat: The Birth of the Beatles begins its run at the Ahmanson Theatre this Sunday, January 20 with shows at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Go Metro and receive an exclusive discount. Just show your valid TAP card and mention RINGO at the box office or use [continue reading]
The McBean Regional Transfer Station will soon be expanding with a new McBean Park-and-Ride. The project will include 282 new parking spaces that are much needed as other park and ride lots in the Santa Clarita area and at nearby Metrolink stations are at full capacity. “With $2.97 million MTA Call [continue reading]
One of the funnest and most unique bike rides in L.A., the Tweed Ride is a hoot for a everyone interested in dressing up in old tymey garb and riding classic bicycles (or not). Here’s the press release for this Saturday’s ride in North Hollywood: C.I.C.L.E. Presents: Urban Ex! Tweed, [continue reading]
The office of Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas has announced a new Link shuttle bus service from the Metro Expo La Cienega Station to Baldwin Hills Scenic Overview and Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area will start Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. The new Baldwin Hills Parklands Shuttle will run only on weekends and [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. ART OF TRANSIT: A northbound Gold Line train leaving the Chinatown station last week [continue reading]
This year’s Kingdom Day Parade will be held on Saturday, January 19 from 10:15 a.m. to 1 p.m.The parade will begin at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Western Avenue and travel west along Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. to Crenshaw, where the parade route will turn south. The route ends at Leimert Park, where the [continue reading]
A new sculpture by Los Angeles artist Alison Saar will be installed later this month at Metro’s Artesia Transit Center (*currently in transition to being renamed Harbor Gateway Transit Center). Entitled Paraje—Spanish for a resting place between two destinations—the cast stainless steel sculpture contains imagery inspired by the nearby Gardena [continue reading]
