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. Pick your social media poison! Orange Line BRT speed improvements caught in inner-agency delay (Streetsblog L.A.) A plan to possibly speed up Orange Line buses when crossing intersections probably won’t [continue reading]
Some good news before the holidays: the Metro Crenshaw/LAX Proejct’s Business Solution Center is opening tomorrow (Friday, Dec. 19) at the Los Angeles Urban League location of 3450 Mount Vernon Drive (see above map). An open house will be held next month when the Business Solution Center’s website will also premiere. [continue reading]
An important heads up: Due to the recent rainy weather, the final 90 feet of roadway decking on Crenshaw Boulevard will need to be extended for seven more days. The work [continue reading]
A photo posted by Bow & Truss (@bowandtruss) on Nov 11, 2014 at 8:23pm PST If the cooks in your family are not culinarily talented–or if you, like me, hate [continue reading]
The section of Crenshaw Boulevard between Jefferson Boulevard and Coliseum Street will be closed to all vehicular traffic for 30 days starting tonight due to construction on the Crenshaw/Expo underground station. The first half of the closure will last through Nov. 24. There will be a break during Thanksgiving week, and the second half [continue reading]
The 9th Annual Taste of Soul Family Festival continues until 7 p.m. tonight. While you’re there, make sure to stop in at Metro’s Eat Shop Play Crenshaw pavilion to grab some shade and check out the offerings of local businesses affected by the LAX/Crenshaw Line construction. See the brief video below for some of the [continue reading]
Metro will launch the Eat Shop Play Crenshaw campaign at tomorrow’s Taste of Soul, a free, family-friendly event on Crenshaw Boulevard between Stocker Street and Rodeo Road. Eat Shop Play Crenshaw will encourage the public to take a pledge to support local businesses. Go Metro to the soul food, live entertainment [continue reading]
The 8.5-mile Crenshaw/LAX light rail project currently under construction will have three underground stations: Crenshaw/Exposition, Crenshaw/MLK and Crenshaw/Vernon. Excavation and decking for the stations is set to begin in November. Construction of the three stations and the 1.9-mile twin tunnels will take four years of intense and complex labor. In [continue reading]
The news release from Metro: Metro’s contractor Walsh/Shea Corridor Contractors (WSCC) has rescheduled the Rodeo Road two week closure to Friday, Oct. 24. The full street closure is needed to complete the underground perimeter wall with steel piles for the Crenshaw/Expo station box. The work schedule and the detours remains [continue reading]
The Crenshaw/LAX Community Leadership Council (CLC) will hold their quarterly meeting on Thursday, October 9, 2014. The meeting will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Dulan’s on Crenshaw located at 4859 Crenshaw Boulevard. Learn about the 8.5-mile [continue reading]
