March ridership numbers; Expo Line continues to climb and numbers remain strong for Metro Rail
March ridership graphs Ridership estimates for Metro buses and rail lines in March have been released; the above charts show the current trends. The takeaway in one sentence: ridership for the Expo Line continues to climb, ridership across the rail system remains strong and bus numbers continue to be flat. [continue reading]
This Sunday: Go Metro and Go CicLAvia to the sea!
The 6th CicLAvia is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Sunday, April 21, so time to oil your bike chains, lace up your walking/running shoes or break out the rollerblades! The route this time around is 15 miles and is strikingly different from earlier CicLAvias — this time it will [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Monday, April 15
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. A one-man sanitation engineer for the busway (L.A. Times) Nice [continue reading]
TAP validators being moved at 7th/Metro station
This is something that has been discussed before on this blog and the comments board and now the work is underway: Metro is relocating stand-alone validators at 7th/Metro Station in order to make it easier for customers to TAP when transferring between the Red/Purple Line subway and the Blue Line [continue reading]
Expo Line Phase 2 construction notice: work on Bundy Bridge begins Monday
Here’s the notice from the Expo Line Construction Authority, the agency building the project from Culver City to Santa Monica:
Transportation headlines, Wednesday, April 10
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. Traffic zips in toll lanes but slows in free lanes [continue reading]
Goodbye Olympic Boulevard railroad crossing: Expo Phase 2 new bridge rising
I never noticed the old railroad crossing markings on Olympic Boulevard in Santa Monica until driving past this weekend. It really doesn’t matter: that’s the bridge that will take the second phase of the Expo Line over Olympic in the distance; the same bridge will also span Cloverfield Boulevard. The [continue reading]
Pics of damage to Expo Line last night
The Expo Line is running a normal Friday schedule today with minor delays around 23rd Street due to an accident Thursday evening in which a wrong-way driver on Flower Street struck and knocked over one of the poles that helps support the overhead wires that supplies power to trains. The [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Friday, April 5
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. There’s finally light at end of Expo Line Phase 2 legal battle (L.A. Streetsblog) [continue reading]