New WeHo to Red Line shuttle launching
Some good news from West Hollywood — the city this month is launching a new — and free — peak hour bus shuttle connecting several stops along Santa Monica Boulevard [continue reading]
HWR, Jan 8: of transit and the NFL
From the Department of Reminders: The Little Tokyo/Arts District Station closes tonight at 9 p.m. for construction of one of the tunnel portals for the Regional Connector. More info here [continue reading]
HWR: pondering 2015's transpo trends
Art of Transit: It has been slow news-wise over the holidays. So I’ll do something different today and write about a quartet of issues we’ve seen often in the news [continue reading]
2015: a year of accomplishment and anticipation
It’s been another busy year at Metro. In the same year the Blue Line — Metro’s oldest light rail line — turned 25, construction continued on five rail [continue reading]
Take the Metro parking survey please!
Actually, it doesn’t matter how you get to Metro stations — please take the survey! As you might have guessed, Metro is trying to gather more information about how riders use [continue reading]
3-month closure of Little Tokyo/Arts District Station begins Jan. 8
The three-month Little Tokyo/Arts District Station closure is set to begin Friday night, January 8, for major track relocation and tunneling work for the Regional Connector project. The Gold Line tracks are [continue reading]
15 movie theaters near Metro Rail
There’s a lot going on in the film world this week and nearly all of it all has to do with the release of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” one [continue reading]
First pile installation for Purple Line Extension
The first pile was lowered into the ground on Tuesday for the Purple Line Extension near the intersection of Wilshire and La Brea — specifically on Wilshire between La Brea and Detroit [continue reading]
New study focuses on Orange Line speed at intersections
A new study commissioned by Metro has found that Orange Line buses could safely increase speeds across some intersections in the San Fernando Valley, potentially resulting in four minutes of time [continue reading]
Metro Motion winter edition
In this edition of Metro Motion, Metro’s quarterly cable TV show, we visit Metro’s new bus maintenance facility in downtown Los Angeles – opening soon — and find out what’s [continue reading]