The following statement was issued this afternoon: LOS ANGELES – May 25, 2012 – Metro and Thomas Properties Group continue to work closely to address Thomas Properties Group’s concerns with the construction method currently approved for the Regional Connector proposed to run beneath Flower Street in front of the company’s [continue reading]
As per usual on holidays, Metro buses and trains will be running on a Sunday schedule on Monday, May 28. Timetables for bus and trains can be found here. Have a great and safe weekend. We’ll resume posting on The Source on Tuesday. There will be little or none comment [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_3vLM5KZEA[/youtube] Fun video by ExpoLineFan posted to YouTube this morning showing a flyover of the future Westside Subway Extension using Google Maps and animation. Two cautionary notes: the alignment shown in the video is only a general description and is not completely accurate, particularly in the western Beverly Hills to [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. Sen. Boxer: ‘Great progress’ on highway bill negotiations; deal possible by end of June [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX2hG0TAoUc&feature=relmfu[/youtube] For those of you not going out of town, take advantage of the long weekend and check out some of the great events happening around the city. The legendary queen of Egypt has just settled in at the California Science Center. Cleopatra: The Exhibition features the largest collection of [continue reading]
photo by Metro, via Metro Transportation Library and Archive’s Flickr page I thought the above photo of Red Line construction, taken in the 1990s, was appropriate for today’s Art of Transit. As you may have heard by now, the Metro Board of Directors on Thursday selected the route and station [continue reading]
Reconstruction of the 405/Wilshire Boulevard on- and off ramps will begin June 22 and it’s sure to make a mess of traffic. But Metro is reaching out to commuters who live in the area or commute there, suggesting options to help them leave their cars at home and avoid traffic caused [continue reading]
At the tail end of its meeting this morning, the Metro Board approved the staff plan on locking gates at rail stations and converting ticket machines completely to TAP. In other words, the ticket machines will no longer issue paper tickets with the conversion set to begin in a few [continue reading]
The final route and station locations of the second and third phase of the Westside Subway Extension were approved by the Metro Board of Directors on Thursday by a vote of seven to two. Board Members Mike Antonovich and John Fasana voted against the route. The approval includes, most [continue reading]
Metro Board of Directors adopted the budget for fiscal year 2013. It is Item 54 on the consent calendar of Board meeting underway. Here is the news release: Metro Adopts Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Online: http://www.metro.net/about/financebudget/ Select > Budgets, Select > Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Metro’s Board of Directors today [continue reading]
