El Monte TVM staff report by The Metro Board of Directors will be holding its committee meetings today and Thursday. I’m going through the agendas and will post staff reports and proposals that I think will be of the most interest to readers. This one certainly qualifies. It’s a proposal [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 Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. For the record: gasoline was most expensive in 2012 (Wall Street Journal) The national [continue reading]
Due to Metro ExpressLanes construction, the El Monte Busway will be closed from Alameda St to El Monte Station from 10 p.m. Friday, Nov.2, through 5 a.m. Monday, Nov. 5. All buses will use the general purpose lanes on the I-10 Fwy during this time. All buses at the LAC-USC [continue reading]
I received an email earlier this week from a rider asking about the canopies on the upper level of the new El Monte Station and whether they would afford much protection from the sun and the elements. It’s a good question — and one that Metro staff considered when designing [continue reading]
I was over at the new El Monte Station earlier this morning and a steady trickle of patrons are arriving at the new facility. The ribbon cutting on the station occurred earlier this week but it’s great to see VITs — Very Important Taxpayers — using the new station. So [continue reading]
The new El Monte Station opens for business this Sunday, at 2:24 a.m. to be exact. From then on, it’s a 24/7 operation. The world’s most beautiful bus station, some say, is twice the size of the old facility and has cool stuff including variable message signs, intercoms, closed circuit [continue reading]
An iconic, large-scale sculpture by Donald Lipski is installed at Metro’s new El Monte Station, which is opening Oct. 14! Click here for a Source post documenting the installation of this artwork, and here for more information on Donald Lipski’s work. Read the full press release: Iconic Sculpture Watches over new [continue reading]
The new program begins Sunday, when the new El Monte Station is open to the public. Here’s the news release from Metro: When was the last time something actually became easier? Soon transit riders will be able to hop aboard either the Metro Silver Line or the Foothill Transit Silver [continue reading]
The public opening is Sunday, when the reviews from riders will start rolling in. One key takeaway here is that funding for the station expansion partially came from the funds provided by the federal government to Metro to test the ExpressLanes concept on parts of the 10 and 110 freeways [continue reading]
Elected officials and Metro are cutting the ribbon on the new El Monte Station later this morning, with the public opening on Sunday. I’ll post some photos of the facility later today. In the meantime, here’s a fact sheet on the station:
