First @BikeMetro #BikeShare at #CicLAvia today. Next #bikemetrodesigncontest to wrap the bikes in LA designed art! pic.twitter.com/UVcbaG0PjI — figureagency (@figureagency) August 9, 2015 The Avenue 🌹 #ciclavia pic.twitter.com/4zWGqcTsW2 — Jim Chelius (@JimChelius) August 10, 2015 Video: Our friend Jack Weiss is at it again, with a great video from ciclavia incuding [continue reading]
I was able to squeak away from work in time to catch some swimming Tuesday afternoon at the Special Olympics World Games at USC, which is served by THREE Expo [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. For bus riders, less is more for some and nothing [continue reading]
[scribd id=272300369 key=key-bXKgYWxUeey7iP0X5li4 mode=scroll] The Metro Board of Directors meets on Thursday at 9 a.m. at Metro headquarters adjacent to Los Angeles Union Station in downtown L.A. As usual, the meeting is open to the public. You can also listen online. The 13-member Board is comprised of elected officials and [continue reading]
The Metro Blue Line opened on July 14, 1990. Here’s the link to part one of our big anniversary Q&A. Will Metro Rail ever connect to LAX in some sort of [continue reading]
It’s time for the big Metro 25th Rail Anniversary Q&A! Here we go… What’s the significance of July 13, 1990? On that day, Los Angeles County had roughly 8.6 million [continue reading]
Metro is developing plans to improve Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station where the Blue and Green lines meet. The public is invited to attend a public hearing to provide comments on [continue reading]
[scribd id=260801832 key=key-6Vaik390UasSwbQGENZ9 mode=scroll] Attentive readers here already know that the Regional Connector project is under construction. The 1.9-mile underground light rail line in downtown Los Angeles will link the [continue reading]
Photos by Fernando Andres Di Zitti/Metro Earlier this month, Metro staff took a new P3010 light rail vehicle manufactured by Kinkisharyo for a clearance test on both the Blue Line [continue reading]
[scribd id=259323131 key=key-pjT6ErrgujZbLEL5zUDm mode=scroll] Above is a recent presentation by Metro staff that drills down deeper on the issue of ridership. Ridership on Metro increased three percent overall between 2010 and 2014 (including a 21 percent increase on Metro Rail) but has declined on both the agency’s buses and trains since last [continue reading]
