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. Gold Line Due to vehicle testing after 9pm, southbound trains to East LA or Union Station may depart Sierra Madre Villa 2 minutes later [continue reading]
All events are subject to change or may be be sold out, please check with the venue before making plans. To plan your trip and to check all other transit options, please consult Google Transit or the Metro Trip Planner. Friday, June 3 First Fridays at The Natural History Museum [continue reading]
Free rides on the subway will be offered by Metro to help area residents move around the region when the 405 freeway is shut down over the Sepulveda Pass on the weekend of July 15 to 17, agency officials said Friday. In addition, Metro plans to run frequent weekday service [continue reading]
The Los Angeles Chapter of the Urban Land Institute held a conference in Pasadena on Thursday to discuss transit-oriented development in the greater-L.A. area. The aim of the conference was to figure out a way to put more development around transit hubs. It’s a strategy embraced in many places to [continue reading]
Some interesting news from the office of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa: he has nominated deputy mayor Jaime de la Vega for the job of general manager of the city’s Department of Transportation. The city of L.A. is, of course, the largest in Los Angeles County by leaps and bounds [continue reading]
photo courtesy Metro Transportation Library and Archive’s Flickr page This photo cracks me up. The year was 1982 and the old RTD — one of Metro’s predecessor agencies — was promoting a mass transit convention by putting tires on an old streetcar and driving around in downtown L.A. traffic. I’m [continue reading]
The Measure R sales tax increase approved by voters in 2008 included three key projects for the San Fernando Valley: •The Orange Line busway extension from Canoga Park to the Chatsworth Metrolink station, which is under construction and scheduled for completion in 2012. •A transit project to connect the Westside [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. The wheels start moving on Expo Line construction (Lookout Santa Monica) This story offers a helpful step-by-step description of the Expo Phase [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. Blue Line Due to Wilmington Avenue Crossing work, beginning at 8:30pm Friday and through Close on Sunday, trains will operate 3 minutes later than [continue reading]
A very interesting story ran earlier this week in the Baltimore Sun: The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland has said it intends to sue the Maryland Transit Administration because transit police tried to stop a pair of photographers from taking pictures of trains and other transit infrastructure. The ACLU [continue reading]
