The new schedules began last night, with Red, Purple and Blue Line trains running every 10 minutes between 6 p.m. and midnight. It’s a demonstration project to see if the demand for better night service is really there. Here are the new timetables: Red/Purple Line and Blue Line. The trains [continue reading]
Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Antonio Villaraigosa just finished announcing the news at a news event at the Music Center: Beginning this Sunday, Nov. 13, Metro will run trains every 10 minutes between 6 p.m. and midnight on the Red and Purple line subway, as well as the [continue reading]
The Metro team studying the possible resurrection of streetcar service in downtown Los Angeles has released a briefing package [PDF] that details the seven routes now under consideration and compares the pros and cons of each. Metro planners have been winnowing potential routes — “alternatives” in planner speak — since [continue reading]
photo by Zach Behrens, via Twitter / Instagram As per usual, a nice Instragram photo by Zach, taken earlier this month on the Blue Line. Look after the jump for another shot he took on the Blue Line. BTW, now that the iPhone is going to have an eight megapixel [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. AEG unveils stadium traffic impact (Daily Breeze) The L.A. City Council — and those who tuned in — got their first peak [continue reading]
Because of the fatal stabbing on the Red Line in August — the first slaying in the history of the subway since it opened in 1993 — there has been some understandable discussion about safety and crime on Metro buses and trains. I sat down with Commander Patrick J. Jordan [continue reading]
One of the items that the Metro Board of Directors will consider at their meeting on Thursday involves changing the names of six rail/bus stations to better reflect the geography of the area. The changes, most of which came at the request of various people: A. (Blue Line and Green [continue reading]
UPDATE (8:10pm) Blue Line has resumed normal operations to all stations with minor residual delays through 8:15pm. There are no other alerts. UPDATE (4:12pm) Southbound passengers will board a train at 7th St/Metro Ctr to Pico Station, then take a bus shuttle to the next station, Grand, where they may [continue reading]
County of Los Angeles Supervisor Gloria Molina and County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation invite Angelenos to Go Metro to free cultural events in South L.A. and East L.A. – part of the ArtsFest 2011. The fun starts tonight at 6pm at Roosevelt Park, steps away from [continue reading]
Update, 1:45 p.m. — three Metro Rail lines had record numbers (Gold, Blue and Red/Purple) and more info about how rail ridership is calculated have been added to the below post. Metro has released its ridership statistics for July. Bottom line: systemwide ridership is up over a year ago, [continue reading]
