Work continues to proceed well on the “Iconic Bridge” for the Gold Line Foothill Extension that will bring the Gold Line from Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border. The photo above shows one of the supports for the bridge that will carry the tracks from the middle of the 210 freeway [continue reading]
Metro and Caltrans also are investigating the possibility that real-time Metro Rail travel info could be displayed on electronic highway signs, as Metrolink announced yesterday. By offering real-time travel comparisons between a particular freeway and, say, the Blue Line, the signs would let commuters know when it would be faster [continue reading]
Source reader Darrell Clarke — also the mover and shaker of Friends4Expo — posted a link to this great photo in the comments section of our earlier post about getting rail cars to Metro. Darrell took this photo on the Golden State Freeway going up the Grapevine. Regular Metro [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metrolink, the commuter rail agency funded partially by Metro: IRVINE – Caltrans and Metrolink have jointly developed a pilot project to show commuters that trains are a viable alternative to freeway traffic. Both train and freeway travel times are now displayed on electronic highway message [continue reading]
I know that many Source readers have been clamoring for cell and/or wi-fi service in Metro’s subway stations — something that has become reality in a few other cities. Metro is finally on the verge of asking potential contractors to bid on supplying service. There’s no guarantee it will happen [continue reading]
How do they do that? is a new series for The Source that explores the technology that helps keep Metro running and passengers and other commuters moving. Some of it applies directly to the trains, buses and freeways and some of it runs in the background — invisible to nearly [continue reading]
Sick of traffic? Done with smog? Well, you’re not the only one. This past Saturday, GOOD Attacks! took place right in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, and this intrepid Metro-ette was there right in the middle of the action. The gathering is the first in a series of events [continue reading]
photo by Martin Fisch, via Flickr creative commons Nice bit of night photography in this scene of pedestrians in Dresden, Germany, taken in 2008 with a Fujifilm FinePix F30. The shutter was kept open for a full second to help capture the detail and the movement of the vehicle. 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 blog. Seismic study begins on Beverly Hills High campus (Beverly Hills Patch) The Beverly Hills Unified School District has hired a firm to evaluate [continue reading]
UPDATE: (Monday, Dec. 19) For information: Caltrans District 7 website or the District 7 blog. The latest traffic information can be obtained on the Caltrans website: http://www.dot.ca.gov/ by accessing the Quickmaps feature. All lanes of the Pomona (60) Freeway were reopened to traffic today. Westbound lanes were opened at 11:05 a.m., and eastbound [continue reading]
