This is great. Wish it happened more often! Here’s the news release from the Radio and Television News Assn. of Southern California: Los Angeles, Sept. 26, 2012: Local television stations are forming an unprecedented joint operations plan to cut down on helicopter flights over Sepulveda Pass homes and businesses during [continue reading]
And the usual reminder that the Metro Board of Directors is back in action Thursday for their first full meeting since early August. The meeting begins at 9 a.m. in the Board Room on the 3rd floor of Metro headquarters adjacent to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. It is, [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from the city of Los Angeles: LOS ANGELES — Councilmember Bill Rosendahl and the Los Angeles Fire Department are working together to ensure adequate fire and emergency medical resources are deployed on the Westside during the full closure of the 405 Freeway this weekend. The closure, [continue reading]
First, an important point: we’re asking again to please avoid driving this weekend because of the shutdown of 10 miles of the 405 freeway in order to demolish the north side of the Mulholland Drive Bridge. The 405 is, as you know, an integral part of our regional freeway system [continue reading]
Did you know that California Rideshare Week is next week? (Oct. 1-5) Did you also know that if you pledge to carpool, take public transit, bike, walk or telecommute for at least one day during Rideshare Week, you could win some fabulous prizes? Join the statewide campaign to reduce traffic and smog [continue reading]
An iconic, large-scale sculpture by Donald Lipski is installed at Metro’s new El Monte Station, which is opening Oct. 14! Lipski, an internationally renowed sculptor in the field of public art, created a monumental clock tower–with a twist. Entitled Time Piece, the artwork includes three double sided clocks [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. Carmageddon II requires 185,000 people to park it (L.A. Times) [continue reading]
Here's the news release, hot off the Metro presses: Metro will officially open to the public a new expanded El Monte Station on Sunday, Oct. 14 having finished construction of the new state-of-the-art transit facility that revamped and expanded the old El Monte Station. The upgrade to the El Monte [continue reading]
The public is invited to attend a community update meeting to learn about next steps for the Westside Subway Extension. The meeting will be held Wednesday, Oct. 10, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the 5th floor Terrace Room of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art West, located [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. If having problems viewing [continue reading]
