Fresh map: the many projects near and dear to Union Station
There is a lot happening in the above map, which is new and covers the many projects happening at Union Station or in the nearby neighborhood. Here are brief descriptions [continue reading]
Celebrate Earth Day with a FREE Metro Bike Share ride in DTLA!
Earth Day is Saturday and Metro is helping everybody be ultra-friendly to Mama Earth by offering free bike share rides in downtown Los Angeles. Biking is pretty much a zero-emission [continue reading]
Metro partners with Waze for rail crossing alerts
As part of increased efforts to promote rider safety, Metro’s Transit Safety Programs (TSP) has rolled out a new all-inclusive media safety campaign that began in March and will run [continue reading]
Metro honors the late L.A. County Leader Bob Bartlett with plaque dedications along Gold Line
Metro dedicated plaques on Tuesday for the late L.A. County leader and former Monrovia Mayor Bob Bartlett at its Monrovia Gold Line operations campus as well as the city’s Metro Gold Line Station. Metro’s operation campus on California Avenue has also officially been renamed to “Division 24: Robert ‘Bob’ Bartlett Monrovia [continue reading]
How We Roll, March 6: is tolling the thing that will ‘fix’ traffic?
ICYMI: I was a little surprised I didn’t get more push back or comments on last week’s How We Roll that posed the question whether driving was getting any cheaper. [continue reading]
Go Metro to ArtNight Pasadena to receive free goodies
ArtNight Pasadena is back with eighteen participating cultural institutions this Friday, March 10 from 6 to 10 p.m. The free event offers a variety of art, music and entertainment around town [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]
Go Metro to Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair
It may still be February but it’s already starting to feel like spring, and we all know spring is when the best book fairs are held. Kicking off the season [continue reading]
Metro Board to tackle policing contract, Union Station run-through tracks, all-door boarding and more at Thursday’s meeting
[scribd id=340043436 key=key-HzqHZlmblnw8hxR6YqNE mode=scroll] The Metro Board of Directors meets Thursday morning in what should be a doozy of a meeting with lots of interestingness on the menu. The agenda is above (pdf here) and includes links to staff reports. The meeting will be webcast as soon as it begins [continue reading]
Service alert: Gold Line resuming normal service
GOLD LINE: Trains resuming normal service with up to 15 min residual delays thru 3:45pm; earlier incident clear. pic.twitter.com/XDahxi8vS7 — Metro Los Angeles (@metrolosangeles) February 15, 2017 Final Update, 2:53 p.m.: The vehicle and debris has been removed from both tracks with all train service being restored. Customers can expect residual delays [continue reading]