The first art panels were installed today at Expo Park/USC Station, marking a major milestone for the Expo Line. Installation of the 24 art panels will continue over the weekend. If you’re at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC this weekend you might be able to get [continue reading]
At about noon a few days ago, a 53-foot flatbed semi-trailer filled with art panels pulled up to the Expo Line construction yard. The delivery marked the end of the fabrication phase for 80 of the 176 panels that will be displayed above the entrances and seating areas at 10 [continue reading]
The Expo Line Construction Authority this week posted dozens of new photos of the project as work continues — a target date for opening the line to La Cienega Boulevard is in November. The above pic was taken from the Exposition Park/USC station looking toward the tunnel that carries the [continue reading]
Metro Board Chairman Don Knabe and Metro CEO Art Leahy are in Sacramento today, lobbying state lawmakers to not drastically cut funding in the ongoing state budget negotiations. Above, that’s Knabe meeting this morning with Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal, who chairs the Assembly’s transportation committee. Of course, Lowenthal is also a [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 blog. Happy birthday, Mom! -CCR Los Angeles anticipates light rail line (NPR) Just as we thought all the media coverage of the Expo [continue reading]
The popular radio program hosted by Warren Olney on 89.9 FM will look at the situation with the sale of Prop 1B funds tonight at 7 p.m. David Yale, the deputy executive officer for countywide planning at Metro, will be the guest. Listen here at 7 p.m. (with the “on [continue reading]
Several public officials gathered Monday morning at the Expo Line’s Western Avenue station to remind everyone that train testing will be increasing over the next several weeks and it’s important for motorists and pedestrians to aware the tracks are now active. The short news conference — on the station platform [continue reading]
Major road and transit projects such as phase one of the Expo Line, the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project and the Orange Line busway extension could lose critical funding if the state fails to sell Prop 1B infrastructure bonds this year, according to a Metro staff report. The problem, in [continue reading]
photo courtesy NASA Here’s the thing: the above headline may not be true at the moment. But it will be true and perhaps sooner rather than later. The Expo Line has a target date of a partial opening in November and has multiple stops in the Exposition Park and USC [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 blog. Texas lawmakers vote to raise speed limit (NPR) NPR correspondent Wade Goodwyn files this story on an attempt by the Texas legislature [continue reading]
