Here is the Metro staff report and below is the news release from Metro: In another unprecedented step today the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board of Directors awarded a two-year contract for $646,462 to Del Richardson & Associates, Inc. (DRA) to operate Metro’s pilot Business Solution Center [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]
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! 405 speeds little changed (ZevWeb) The traffic data firm Inrix sampled traffic on the northbound 405 for a couple of weeks last month between the 10 [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]
A few highlights from the meeting (agenda here) of the Metro Board of Directors on Oct. 2, 2014: •Item 7: The Board approved a lease with Eric Needleman and Cedd Moses for a new gastropub for the Fred Harvey Room at Union Station. Staff report and earlier Source post. •Items [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 above photos were taken in Rotterdam, where parts for the tunnel boring machine for the Crenshaw/LAX Line were recently loaded on the ship that will bring them to North America. The full shipment of TBM parts is expected to arrive in Los Angeles by the end of the year. Once [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]
Three releases from Metro: Crenshaw Boulevard to Close Two Weekends to Complete Walls for Underground Crenshaw/Expo Station Metro and Walsh/Shea Corridor Contractors will close Crenshaw Boulevard between Exposition Boulevard and Coliseum Street two weekends on Sept. 19 and Oct. 24 to complete pile installation and begin excavation of the underground Crenshaw/Expo [continue reading]
