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. Opinion: Expo Line to fill a gap (L.A. Times) Editorial staffer Dan Turner gives [continue reading]
photo by Steven White, via Twitter Self-explanatory and most excellent photo taken in downtown Los Angeles. 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 photos we’ve featured [continue reading]
We’ll provide updates throughout the day. For more service advisories, please follow Metro’s regular Twitter feed or Metro’s service alerts on Twitter. Blue Line: Monday, March 26, 2012: due to several equipment issues throughout entire line, please anticipate significant delays today when traveling on the Blue Line. As of 8:30am, trains [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYJ_qK_U7kk&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] Here’s 11 minutes of footage from the announcement this morning that the Expo Line is opening April 28. Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Antonio Villaraigosa is joined by County Supervisor and Metro Board Member Zev Yaroslavsky (also the Board Chair of the Expo Line Construction Authority) and [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKpR3maUSp8&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube] I thought today would be a good day to post some of this recent footage of the Expo Line by videographer Brent Kaplan. If you haven’t heard: the opening is Saturday, April 28. Earlier posts: Expo Line to open April 28 More on the Expo Line opening Videos from [continue reading]
Here are a few tidbits from this morning’s announcement that the Expo Line is opening to the public on Saturday, April 28: •Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Antonio Villaraigosa said that there will be free rides on opening day. •After the line opens, trains will be running [continue reading]
The long-awaited and much-anticipated Expo Line will open to the public on Saturday, April 28, said Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chairman Antonio Villaraigosa before a test ride with members of the media on Friday morning. Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and Metrolink Chairman Richard Katz, who serve [continue reading]
Going to see “The Hunger Games” will be the highlight of my weekend – to those of you who went to midnight showings, I hope you had fun! – but there are a few other events worth checking out too. Swing by Echo Park Film Center on Friday to watch [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. Martha Welborne on balancing planning responsibilities, goals and constraints at Metro (The Planning Report) [continue reading]
Here’s a map showing the Metro Rail system, including lines and busways under construction — i.e. the Expo Line, Orange Line Extension and Gold Line Foothill Extension. It was on display for the media this morning and shows how the Metro system is growing. The official new Metro Rail [continue reading]
