20121115 e Mac Item 64 Many of you have been following this issue. A short recap: in order to lock the gates at Metro Rail stations — expected to happen in mid-2013 — Metro needs Metrolink customers to have some type of TAP fare media to get through the gates. [continue reading]
A bus bridge is being established between Union Station and the Civic Center station. Please follow announcements. Service alert updates are on metro.net and Metro's Twitter page.
Here's the news release from the Expo Line Construction Authority, the agency building the Measure R-funded project between Culver City and Santa Monica: California Supreme Court Denies Motion to Stop Work Los Angeles, Calif. – In a ruling issued late Wednesday, the California Supreme Court denied a motion to stop [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 orRSS feed. Images from the Munich Metro (The Atlantic: Cities) Check out these beauty shots of the [continue reading]
This Saturday, Nov. 17, take the Gold Line to the East LA Civic Center for the East LA Safe Connections Festival. The free community event will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and features safety courses, workshops and live entertainment. East LA residents can also provide input on neighborhood improvements [continue reading]
We posted Metro’s October ridership numbers earlier. Here’s the accompanying news release: Metro systemwide ridership estimates in Los Angeles County rose by double digits in October compared with the same month one year before, according to the latest service performance reports released today. Overall, Metro Rail ridership rose by more [continue reading]
Below are the October ridership statistics for Metro. Numbers were up across the board when compared to the previous two Octobers. Here are the comparisons month-to-month numbers — it looks like record months for the Orange Line, Silver Line, Blue Line and the newly-opened Expo Line. Bus – Directly Operated [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xcMtAak9zU[/youtube] Work is wrapping up on the bridge that will carry the Gold Line Foothill Extension tracks over the eastbound lanes of the 210 freeway in Arcadia. From the Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the agency building the Measure R-funded Pasadena-to-Azusa line: · The on-time and on-budget Gold Line Bridge is [continue reading]
Part 1 Crime 2008-2012_Jan-Oct After last week’s tragic rape aboard a Metro bus, customers and media have been asking about crime on the Metro system. The above document (pdf here) compiled by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department — which contracts with Metro to patrol the agency’s system — includes statistics [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. How L.A.’s first toll road could help reduce traffic (KCET [continue reading]
