Two big news items this afternoon for a key Measure R transit project, the Foothill Extension that will take the Gold Line from its current terminus for 11.5 miles to the Azusa/Glendora border: 1. After months of negotiations, the Foothill Extension Construction Authority has reached an agreement to purchase land [continue reading]
Lots of rail work happening this weekend, so if you’re planning on riding (perhaps to a Go Metro Weekend destination?) take heed to the info in this post. Friday after 8:30pm Purple Line only runs between Wilshire/Western & Wilshire/Vermont due to maintenance in Downtown stations. As a result, Red Line [continue reading]
Beat the summer doldrums by going Metro this weekend to any number of great events – many of them FREE or DISCOUNTED for Metro riders! Tonight plan a dinner date at California Plaza in downtown L.A. with a Destination Discount at Grand Performances, featuring Africa Caribe and Palenque Soultribe. Tomorrow [continue reading]
In a meeting at Metro the other day, Metrolink Board Chairman Richard Katz said that Metrolink will be increasingly trying to offer special service for big events. The commuter railroad — partially funded by Metro — saw huge crowds with its special trains to the U2 shows in Anaheim last [continue reading]
Savvy Metro riders know that their TAP cards are the key to great discounts around L.A. courtesy of Metro’s Destination Discounts program. We do our best to keep up with the latest deals in our weekly roundup of discounts, but it can be easy to forget what’s available when you’re [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. Brucker meets with Villaraigosa for MTA talk (Beverly Hills Patch) The mayors of Beverly Hills and Los Angeles met briefly Thursday to [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSMqTP5pBAM&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] The Expo Line Construction Authority posted the above video last month and today has been sending the link around to interested parties. I’ll throw in my two cents: My experience is that most roads are far, far louder than light rail lines. I live a mile from the 210 [continue reading]
Metro has announced an Aug. 2 meeting in downtown L.A. (details below) to discuss the study process for a project to return streetcar service to downtown Los Angeles. It’s a city of Los Angeles project, but Metro planners are doing the studies. Planners will discuss the initial screening of routes [continue reading]
photo by Downtowngal, via Flickr Downtowngal took this photo with a Canon G10 and then processed it with Photoshop Elements to give the photo the look and feel of an old-time postcard. Very cool. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email [continue reading]
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Advisories page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter. Red/Purple Line Due to track maintenance after 8:30pm, trains will operate on a different schedule (times are approximate and are subject to minor work [continue reading]
