EXPO LINE OPENING: First and foremost, a hearty congratulations to Los Angeles County taxpayers who mostly footed the bill for the $932-million first phase of the Expo Line. I thought the best part of this past weekend was watching those who paid for the rail line finally get a [continue reading]
Looks like many, many dozens of people who rode the Expo Line this weekend also got their photo taken by Snap Yourself, a firm that specializes in taking pics at big events and posting them on Facebook. The above is a screengrab that only shows a few of the [continue reading]
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photo by Craig Dietrich, via Flickr creative commons Nice photo taken at the Pico station on the Expo Line’s inaugural day. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet it to @metrolosangeles with an #artoftransit hashtag. Many [continue reading]
By most accounts, the Expo Line’s rookie debut went smoothly on Saturday. Trains have been running on average every six minutes and lines were minimal at most stations — La Cienega/Jefferson appears to have been the most crowded. I was on and off trains for most of the day and [continue reading]
A ceremony was held Friday afternoon in Exposition Park to welcome the Expo Line as the latest Metro Rail project to grace the transit scene in Los Angeles County. The Expo Line opens to the public on Saturday morning at 5 a.m. There will be free rides to the [continue reading]
Of the many words spoken and written about the opening of the Expo Line on Saturday, the one I’ve heard the most is “finally.” Makes sense. It has been nearly 60 years since trains carrying passengers ceased running on the old Expo tracks. The last time it happened Dwight Eisenhower [continue reading]
Phase One of the Expo Line will soon put transit riding Angelenos within walking distance of a slew of destinations previously not served by Metro Rail: USC, Exposition Park, Mid City and Culver City, among others. But many transit trips don’t begin and end by walking to and from the [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfsPMDwihgw&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] Metro staffer Gayle Anderson edited together this video using some neat aerial footage of the Expo alignment. As many of you surely know, Expo is opening this weekend with service and free rides between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday. Regular service with longer hours and [continue reading]
The timetable for the Expo Line that goes into effect with revenue service beginning next Monday is below. It can be downloaded from the Metro website here [pdf]. With the Farmdale station not yet complete, the Expo Line has a run time of 26 minutes between 7th/Metro Center in downtown [continue reading]
