Good morning taxpayers, transit riders, motorists and other interested parties. Metro Board Chair Antonio Villaraigosa just dropped the gavel on today’s Board meeting, which includes discussion and a possible vote of the Westside Subway Extension’s route and station locations between La Cienega Boulevard and Westwood and a discussion over the [continue reading]
ALAN THOMAS: The slaying of Metro bus operator Alan Thomas on Sunday was — like so many crimes — beyond senseless. Alan was driving a bus in West Hollywood detoured by a bike race when a lone passenger, for reasons we may never really know, fatally shot him. Public transportation [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 can 13 miles of the 405 cause so much trouble? (LA Observed) [continue reading]
photo by Edinho Souto, via Flickr creative commons Nice iPhone bus photo from London taken with the Instagram app. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet it to @metrolosangeles with an #artoftransit hashtag. Many of the [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 you are having [continue reading]
Metro has prepared a proposed decision with written findings regarding the reasonableness of the Westside Subway Extension’s Century City station at Constellation and Avenue of the Stars, which would tunnel under parts of the Beverly Hills High School campus. This follows the special meeting on this subject that was held [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. Ten to 20 percent jump in Metro riders to downtown over the weekend [continue reading]
A vigil was held Monday evening in West Hollywood for slain Metro bus operator Alan Thomas, who was shot and killed by a passenger on Sunday morning while driving the 105 line bus. Many dozens of Alan’s colleagues at Metro attended, as did several members of his family. Alan, 51, [continue reading]
The bill, AB 1446 (by Assemblyman Mike Feuer, D-Los Angeles), still needs to be approved by the State Senate and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. And a majority of the Metro Board of Directors also need to approve sending the issue to Los Angeles County voters. The Metro Board is [continue reading]
photo by Steve Hymon/Metro This crowd — finishing up the Tour of California on Sunday on Broadway Hill Street in downtown Los Angeles — moved a little quicker than the CicLAvia ride. As always, it was nice to see downtown streets without cars for a few hours. To submit a [continue reading]
