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. There’s a terrific gallery of photos of the Space Shuttle [continue reading]
For those of you who use Union Station, this one's not exactly a shocker — everyone can see the crews that have been working on this project since the spring of 2011. Still, it's a pretty big deal. A new platform — for tracks 13 and 14 — and three [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsV8TrF4gN0[/youtube] Crystal Castles (ft. Robert Smith) – “I’m Not In Love” Noticing a trend yet? Thanks to two conveniently located subway stations and a handful of Rapid and local bus lines running on main thoroughfares like Hollywood, Sunset and Santa Monica Boulevards, it’s easy to take Metro to the vast [continue reading]
Living in earthquake country, a question you sometimes have to ask yourself is: Are you prepared for the next big one? If you’re not sure, don’t worry. Union Station is hosting this year’s Great CA ShakeOut on Thursday, October 18 so you can pick up some tips on earthquake preparedness [continue reading]
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. Having trouble seeing this [continue reading]
Here’s the latest Metro ridership estimates for September 2012. The Blue Line and Orange Line set ridership records in September while the new Expo Line went north of 20,000 average weekday boardings for the first time. Bus ridership is slightly up over the past two Septembers. Bus Ridership Estimates Bus [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. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk1bEyv4TjQ[/youtube] West L.A. car dealership wants to build a T.O.D. [continue reading]
Pico Station Improvements staff report Interesting item that will be heard in the Board of Director’s Finance committee on Wednesday afternoon (1 p.m., Metro Board Room, 3rd floor) on a proposed agreement with AEG to add a second platform to the Blue and Expo lines’ Pico Street station (pdf download [continue reading]
A female cyclist was killed Saturday afternoon shortly before 2 p.m. when she and a Metro bus on Line 534 made contact on southbound Pacific Coast Highway and Civic Center Drive in Malibu. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department is leading the investigation with [continue reading]
Both Supervisor and Metro Board Chair Michael D. Antonovich and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa spoke this morning in Hollywood to Rail-Volution, the national conference of that draws hundreds of transit planners and activists. A few highlights of what both men said: Antonovich argued against Measure J, the proposal to [continue reading]
