Rampture — the extended 90-day closure of selected Wilshire Boulevard ramps at the 405 originally scheduled to begin in November as part of the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project — has been officially postponed to early next year. This may bring a collective sigh of relief from Westside commuters already [continue reading]
It’s Friday and a good time to abandon all thoughts of low-cal, low-fat, low-interest food. Why not start by stopping off for a snack on the way home from work with, possibly, something to chase it down? Are sweet potato fries still fashionable enough to eat? Do we care? Who [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metrolink: All Orange County and Inland Empire line Metrolink trains will be cancelled on Oct. 22-23, 29-30 & Nov. 5-6; trains 644 and 645 will be cancelled on Fridays, Oct. 28 and Nov. 4 LOS ANGELES – There will be no service on Metrolink’s [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. Quantum levitation: Probably not the secret to hover-trains, but still amazing (Grist) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws6AAhTw7RA[/youtube] The headline says it all. Railroads sued over diesel [continue reading]
Streamlining Chicago (1940) from WBEZ on Vimeo. Hat tip to Source reader Todd Markle for sending over this story from the WBEZ website in Chicago about the city getting its first subway. The above is a film made in 1940 to promote Chicago’s subway and freeway (ahem, expressway) plan. There’s [continue reading]
photo by Carter Rubin/Metro I think it takes a lot of guts to ride a bike in this town or drive a bus — you really have to be on top of your game all of the time. Carter took this photo on the Miracle Mile section of Wilshire Boulevard [continue reading]
This weekly post features news from other transit agencies and planners from around the world. Did we miss a good story? Let us know in the comments. Calgary: Half of downtown commuters take bus, C-Train The Calgary Herald reports on a pretty amazing commuting flip-flop over the last 15 years. [continue reading]
The pair of reports on tunneling safety and seismic issues involving the Westside Subway Extension between Beverly Hills and Westwood have been posted online. The reports were the basis for yesterday’s oral report to the Board of Directors by a variety of engineers, geologists and seismologists. The gist of it: [continue reading]
A new round of directional freeway closures in the Sepulveda Pass area are planned for the 405 project beginning next Monday, Oct. 24 for four nights, weather permitting. Workers will be performing bridge and freeway sign replacement work. As usual for these types of freeway closures, Sepulveda Boulevard is the [continue reading]
Here’s the latest announcement from the Exposition Construction Authority, which is building the second phase of the Expo Line. This Measure R project will extend Expo Phase 1 from its terminus in Culver City to Santa Monica. Here’s our story from May’s construction kickoff meeting; we’ll be stopping by one [continue reading]
