The agreement could pump millions of dollars into projects in Los Angeles County, including the Regional Connector and speeding up Metrolink’s Antelope Valley line. Here’s the news release from the California High-Speed Rail Authority: The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) Board of Directors voted during their March 1 meeting to [continue reading]
Photo by New York MTA, via Flickr creative commons Not a super clear photo, but pretty interesting nonetheless of work last month on the future 72nd Street station for New York’s new 2nd Avenue subway line. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr [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 many people can Manhattan hold? (New York Times) Great story that attempts to [continue reading]
These ‘before’ photos do not capture one of L.A.’s most beautiful locations. Still, it is good to record for posterity what was here before a major new piece of Metro’s expanding rail network comes on board. In just a few years, this empty right of way at Centinela Avenue near W. [continue reading]
Weekend Closure – Westbound Tunnel at El Monte Station 3-1-12 Revised_wp
Here are three photos taken this past week of construction work on the new El Monte Station, which is scheduled to open in August. The new station will have much greater capacity than the old one, be able to serve buses of all sizes and is adding a regional transit [continue reading]
It’s been a pretty cold week by Angeleno standards, but it’s supposed to warm up this weekend. This is good news for those who believe in weather forecasts and want to get out and about. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU94AOE4CKk&list=UUZTPcj6d5Y-R8yoWywiM2UA&index=2&feature=plcp[/youtube] If you haven’t gone to see “Three Year Swim Club” yet, you should! The [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb2dzbzqQDk[/youtube] Metro’s ExpressLanes is gearing up for the fall debut of the HOT lanes on the 110 freeway between Adams Boulevard and the Artesia Transit Center. That will be followed next year by the arrival of HOT lanes on the 10 freeway between Alameda Street in downtown Los Angeles and [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. Sorry you have to watch a car ad before KABC feature starts! Gas sends [continue reading]
As some of you are surely aware, the Internet has burped forth news that a potential opening date for the Expo Line was discussed Thursday at a meeting of the Board of the Expo Line Construction Authority, the independent agency charged with building the project. The bottom line: No opening [continue reading]
