Emmanuel González: between music and public transit
Emmanuel González just turned 15 years old. On his birthday, October 21, he not only performed with the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (YOLA), but he did so during the [continue reading]
Fresh pics: Crews prep for concrete pour at future Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill Station
Work on the Regional Connector’s second tunnel is progressing at a blistering pace. In fact, the machine recently dug past the Metro Red Line tunnels and will soon reach Bunker [continue reading]
Fresh pics: final pieces of tunneling machine for Regional Connector retrieved in downtown L.A.
The tunnel boring machine cutterhead and shield are now fully retrieved from below Flower Street in downtown Los Angeles’s Financial District. After completing the first of two tunnels for the [continue reading]
Go Metro to giant bunnies! Intrude art installation in DTLA now through June 11
Go Metro to check out some seriously huge rabbits. Intrude, an art installation made up of two giant inflated rabbits by artist Amanda Parer, is in downtown L.A. at three [continue reading]
Actions taken today by Metro Board of Directors
Some of the issues tackled by the Metro Board at today’s meeting: •The Board approved a budget of $30 million for a project that will add pedestrian gates on both [continue reading]
Regional Connector team talks EIR with community at Little Tokyo open house
The Metro Regional Connector team held an open house last night in Little Tokyo to discuss the crucial Measure R project now that it has reached an important milestone: the release of its Final Environmental Impact Statement/Report (which you can find in its entirety here). As regular readers will recall, [continue reading]
The art of transit
photo by Karl Fielding, via submission A nice photo of Angel’s Flight and the offices atop Bunker Hill. With the trees beyond the tracks, the whole pic is a nice reminder of the un-Manhattan-like nature of downtown L.A. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them to [continue reading]