Fresh pics: Crenshaw/LAX Line construction
Click on a photo to see larger version. Harriet continues digging south under Crenshaw Boulevard and arrived at the Martin Luther King Jr. station this week. Harriet will now take [continue reading]
How We Roll, Feb. 2: the groundhog says take transit and then there will be more winter
Dept. of Sneak Peeks: Dept. of Groundhog’s Day: The Sierra snowpack is at its highest level for this time of the year since the mid-1990s, some of California’s reservoirs are [continue reading]
How We Roll, Jan. 31: all along the watchtower for transit funding
Reminder: metro.net will be down between noon and 2 p.m. today for the cutover to the new metro.net. The tech folks have rebuilt the trip planner from the ground up, [continue reading]
How We Roll, January 30: and suddenly everyone wants to take transit to the airport
From the Dept. of Twitter: The feed for BART — the rail system serving parts of the Bay Area — had lots to say this weekend. You can take BART to all kinds of weekend events – also, direct service to SFO is running great right now. — BART (@SFBART) [continue reading]
Actions taken today by the Metro Board of Directors
[scribd id=337548562 key=key-p2HZKGZiLnDIrFdBJimE mode=scroll] You can also download or print a pdf of the agenda from this link. I’ll update this post as the meeting continues. •The Board Approved the final [continue reading]
Agenda for Metro Board meeting on Thursday & items of interest
[scribd id=337548562 key=key-p2HZKGZiLnDIrFdBJimE mode=scroll] You can also download or print a pdf of the agenda from this link. The meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. and will be streamed live once it begins. Metro CEO Phil Washington will also give his annual State of the Agency talk during his CEO [continue reading]
Community meetings on Thursday, Jan. 26, for Segment A of Rail to Rail/River project
The next meetings for the Rail to Rail/River project will be Thursday, Jan. 26, at the Hubert Humphrey Comprehensive Center at 5850 S. Main Street. There are two meetings with [continue reading]
Win a 7-day TAP card as part of Eat Shop Play’s ‘Fortune Fridays’ contest
Eat Shop Play Local As L.A. Metro builds $8 billion of new rail lines in Los Angeles County, we created Eat Shop Play as a unique program to lessen the [continue reading]
New LATTC student flyover animation of Crenshaw/LAX Line!
From Metro’s Community Relations team: LA Trade Tech Community College (LATTC) students recently worked with Metro to create a conceptual flyover rendering of the Crenshaw/LAX Line, which is under construction and more than halfway complete. The students’ video of the future 8.5-mile alignment and its eight new stations can be seen above. Metro [continue reading]
2016: two rail openings, bike share, a ballot measure and a very busy year for Metro
This was my seventh year at the agency and, by far, 2016 was the busiest. I usually like to put the end-of-the-year highlights in chronological order but I think four [continue reading]