Not much info is available for security reasons, but here’s what we know, via Metro’s Twitter feed: Expect intermittent bus delays & detours this morning around Beverly Hills, Westwood, Century City & Burbank. #ObamaTraffic ^ST The L.A. Times reports: Obama will spend a packed morning in Los Angeles, leaving the [continue reading]
Here via Metro’s Twitter feed is the latest info on bus delays on the Westside due to President Obama’s events in Hancock Park this evening: •Thru 10pm: Expect intermittent Westside bus delays & detours around Westwood, Beverly Hills, Wilshire Dist & Hancock Park. ^ST #ObamaTraffic •Until roads reopen 2night: Wilshire [continue reading]
The schedule for this week’s full directional freeway closures in support of the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project has been revised. These closures will begin tomorrow night, Tuesday, October 25, 2011, and last approximately four nights. See construction notice for details: ATTENTION RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS IN THE VICINITY OF THE [continue reading]
We have already posted about last week’s oral report to the Metro Board by several experts on seismic and tunneling issues in the Beverly Hills, Century City and Westwood areas. The experts recommended that the Century City station be located along Constellation Avenue to avoid two active earthquake fault zones [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. Fault findings break new ground (ZevWeb) USC Earth Sciences Professor James Dolan talks about the seismic work done in the Century City [continue reading]
photo by method606, via Flickr A water taxi on the Chicago River, taken with an iPhone. If you want to try for a similar toy effect, many apps now have “tilt-shift” or “miniaturize” functions. The two I like best are on Camera+ and Instagram. To submit a photo for the [continue reading]
Unfortunately, I don’t have anything in the way of specific information on how the President’s visit may impact bus service later this afternoon. As is always the case, only the most general description of the President’s travel plans are released ahead of time for security reasons. What we know from [continue reading]
Here’s the latest from the Expo Line Construction Authority:
Westside drivers beware. Beginning Monday, Oct. 24, it will be harder to travel on portions of Sepulveda Boulevard in the Westwood area through a combination of lane reductions associated with underground utility work and the still-in-force weekday morning closure of the southbound I-405 freeway offramp at Sunset Boulevard . Plan [continue reading]
The 12th annual “Dia de Los Muertos” will be held at Hollywood Forever, Los Angeles’s oldest memorial park, on October 22, 2011, from noon until midnight. The event promises “various sacred ceremonial tributes” as well as performances by Astrid Hadad and Ruben Albarran. The event charges $10 per person. Tickets [continue reading]
