Construction workers place concrete for the bridge deck of the Orange Line Extension’s L.A. River Bridge. Photo credits: Perla Berry In the latest sign of construction progress for the Metro Orange Line Extension Project, work crews this week poured the deck for the busway’s bridge over the Los Angeles River [continue reading]
Don’t let this October heat wave stop you from enjoying the weekend. Let our Go Metro Weekend roundup be your guide to the best Metro accessible things to do this weekend. For art lovers ArtNight Pasadena (Gold Line) offers the best of Pasadena’s many galleries and 10% off merchandise for [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. Better buy a ticket to ride (ZevWeb) Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, who is also a Metro Board member, dropped by a subway station [continue reading]
photo by Raphael Dupertuis, via Flickr Wow. What a lovely photograph of bikes, taken in Amsterdam. The light on the brick sidewalk and buildings is perfect and I like the rather shallow depth-of-field. Raphael used a Nikon D700 and exposed the image with a shutter speed of 1/2500 at [continue reading]
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation DASH system logs 7 million passenger trips per year on five different lines downtown and another 27 throughout the city. This innovative service got its start forty years ago this week when the Southern California Rapid Transit District launched a proto-DASH service under the name [continue reading]
Friday, October 14 201 102, 110, 111/311, 611 – Florence Station Bus Stop Relocation 92, 96, 201 – Silver Lake: Glendale btwn Riverside-Waverly 460 – Nightly Detour 180/181, 264/267, 686/687 Blue Line – Late Night Track Maintenance Red Line – Late Night Maintenance Details after the jump on the Service [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. Edmonton: Listen up, Ottawa: Transit is our No. 1 need The city of Edmonton — that’s Alberta, Canada — has big plans for [continue reading]
The second phase of Sunset Bridge reconstruction work for the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project is scheduled to begin October 15 and last for two weeks. Work will require the weekday morning closure of the southbound 405 Sunset Boulevard freeway off-ramp beginning Monday, October 17. Motorists will have to utilize [continue reading]
Here’s the latest info from the Westside Mobility Plan team, which is working on a “blueprint for the Westside in consideration of multimodal travel, north-south rail connections and parking solutions.” Four community update meetings are coming up in early November; check out the postcard and our June story for more [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. Take the bus: [Chicago] City employees ordered to use public transportation (Chicago Sun-Times) Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has set up new rules [continue reading]
