Paid parking at NoHo and Universal City begins April 24
In order to better manage demand for parking at two very busy Red Line subway stations and create more parking spaces for transit riders, Metro will begin charging $3 a [continue reading]
Excavation underway for Regional Connector rail tunnels
The tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the Regional Connector project recently began its journey beneath downtown Los Angeles. The 400-foot-long TBM, known as ‘Angeli,’ will dig the twin tunnels that will connect [continue reading]
Fresh pics: CicLAvia — Culver City Meets Venice
https://www.flickr.com/photos/metrola/33685902385/in/album-72157679934835141/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/metrola/33685896805/in/album-72157679934835141/ As expected, a big crowd came out yesterday for the first CicLAvia of 2017. It capped off a great month of open streets programs, with 626 Golden Streets [continue reading]
Metro launches Bike Share for Business program
Metro Bike Share is launching the Bike Share for Business pilot program, offering businesses a way to purchase bulk passes at a discount for employees, tenants and clients in downtown [continue reading]
Meatless Mondays with Metro: ediBOL
Take a little more transit and eat a little less meat — two things you can do to reduce your environmental impact. In this installment of Meatless Mondays with Metro we return to the Arts District [continue reading]
VICE tackles Measure M and Trump’s plan
This is a really good piece and VICE asks all the right questions. As for Measure M, here is the spending list and the project descriptions. The Wall Street Journal [continue reading]
Pics: 626 Golden Streets
Pics start in South Pas and run west to east, ending with me hiding under the Gold Line bridge in Azusa. 🙂 https://www.flickr.com/photos/metrola/33277006535/in/album-72157680992190566/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/metrola/32893779230/in/album-72157680992190566/ And yet again, there were [continue reading]
A look at the Vermont Bus Rapid Transit project
[scribd id=339530827 key=key-NsvjlhOk1qoV3doT6KH4 mode=scroll] (for pdf downloads, please click here) Earlier this month, Metro released the above presentation on the Vermont Avenue Bus Rapid Transit project. The presentation summarizes a technical [continue reading]
Get TAP card in advance to avoid event lines
Metro is adding service for the Immigrants Make America Great march on Saturday and the Not My President’s Day Rally on Monday. Both events are in downtown Los Angeles and both could [continue reading]
592,000 boardings on Metro Rail on Saturday
As thousands converged on downtown Los Angeles for the Saturday Women’s March, Metro Rail carried a total of 592,000 boarding passengers – 360,000 more riders than on a typical Saturday. [continue reading]