Metro’s new ‘green’ Division 13 officially opens
A ribbon cutting was held Monday morning. Many of you have probably seen the facility, which sits catty-corner to Union Station and Metro HQ at the corner of Cesar Chavez Boulevard [continue reading]
16 places to visit on the Gold Line Foothill Extension
“Rediscover Gold” on the Gold Line Foothill Extension! Below are a few fun places worth checking out for your shopping, eating, educational and entertainment needs, all easily accessible from the six new [continue reading]
What’s the most hipster restaurant you transit to?
First, let me just say that this is not a knock against hipster restaurants. Uncomfortable seating, old fashioned lighting and kitschy, house-made sodas aside, I eat at them all the [continue reading]
Crenshaw/LAX Line’s TBM is named ‘Harriet’
And the Crenshaw/LAX Line’s tunnel boring machine’s name is….Harriet, as in Harriet Tubman, the former slave and key player in the Underground Railroad that helped slaves escape the south for [continue reading]
New renderings of Crenshaw/LAX Line stations
Here are a few renderings of the Crenshaw/LAX Line that the project team passed along. The 8.5-mile light rail line has been under construction since early 2014 and there is work [continue reading]
Transit Tourist: notes from the land of fire and ice
I recently ticked off one of my bucket list items and went on a vacation to Reykjavík, Iceland. (No, I was not able to take advantage of WOW Airlines’ recent [continue reading]
Metro responds to Azusa, APU & Rosedale
Metro on Wednesday said it will open all six new Gold Line Stations on March 5 while helping with some mitigations to help customers reach the APU/Citrus College Station in Azusa. [continue reading]
Pics: Regional Connector construction
Work on the Regional Connector project continues to ramp up, as the above photos show. The first five pics are of the work to move the Gold Line tracks on 1st [continue reading]
Transit tourist: Medellin, Colombia
The Transit Tourist takes a look at other transit systems across the globe from the first person perspective of a visitor. What can Metro learn from how these other systems [continue reading]
Blue and Expo Lines: two-car trains on weekends
The pilot program that has been in effect on the Metro Blue and Expo Lines during select weekends this past fall is about to become a permanent feature of weekend service [continue reading]