Metro and litigation
Metro’s long-standing policy has been to decline comment on litigation filed against the agency. I thought that was worth repeating today.
Metro helps combat human sex trafficking
Los Angeles County and Metro Board Member Don Knabe will join local law enforcement officials, Metro executives and local businesses Thursday morning to unveil a multimedia awareness campaign aimed at informing the public about the heinous crime of child sex trafficking. The press event will take place Thursday, May 31, at [continue reading]
On Transportation column: May 30 edition
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD: There’s a good exhibit at the Huntington Library though July 23 on the planning and construction of the 1,776-mile railroad between Sacramento and Council Bluffs, Nebraska. To be more specific, that’s 1,776 miles of rail built between 1863 and 1869. To put that in perspective, it took about [continue reading]
Metrolink Board approves fare increase
Here’s the news release from Metrolink: LOS ANGELES – After skipping a fare increase last year, the Metrolink Board of Directors approved a seven percent average systemwide fare increase to go into effect on or after July 1, 2012. Funds generated from the increase will be used exclusively to help [continue reading]
Photo update: Expo Phase 2 construction moves forward
With Expo Phase 1 up and running to La Cienega — and soon to Culver City — you can expect The Source to turn its attention a bit more to the second phase of the Expo Line construction. Beginning in late 2015 or 2016, the 6.6-mile extension will carry riders [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Wednesday, May 30
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. TAP coming to DASH buses (L.A. Streetsblog) The largest muni bus operator in [continue reading]
Metro Orange Line Extension to open June 30 with free rides and celebrations
Here’s the news release from Metro: The Metro Orange Line Extension — a four-mile addition to the wildly popular Orange Line busway — will open to the public on Saturday, June 30 with community celebrations and free rides on the extension from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Orange Line [continue reading]
@Metrolosangeles Twitter Tuesday, May 29 edition
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 seeing [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Tuesday, May 29
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. Buffered bike lanes coming soon to Montana Ave. in Santa Monica (L.A. Streetsblog) [continue reading]
Yes, there is actually widespread support for a Constellation station
One of the allegations that has been floating around for months is that the Westside Subway Extension’s station in Century City was moved from Santa Monica Boulevard to Constellation Boulevard by Metro at the request of a politically-connected developer. It’s an assertion that is not true. The Constellation site was [continue reading]