17-plus miles of open streets in the 626 to explore on March 5
626 Golden Streets, the biggest Open Streets event ever to be held in North America, had to be postponed last year due to the San Gabriel Complex fire. We were [continue reading]
How We Roll, Feb. 13: ridership
Reminder: for those of you planning on going to the march Saturday, avoid long lines at the TAP vending machines by getting your TAP card ahead of time. More here. Dept. of Infrastructure Facts: I didn’t know Oroville Dam was taller than Hoover Dam. Now I do. Here’s what the [continue reading]
How We Roll, Jan. 25: until the doomsday clock hits midnight, please don’t forget to TAP!
Dept. of Practice Makes Perfect: Metro last week held an exercise for some of its bus operators: a wheelchair securement competition to test an essential skill. Below are a few [continue reading]
Agenda for Metro Board meeting on Thursday & items of interest
[scribd id=337548562 key=key-p2HZKGZiLnDIrFdBJimE mode=scroll] You can also download or print a pdf of the agenda from this link. The meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. and will be streamed live once it begins. Metro CEO Phil Washington will also give his annual State of the Agency talk during his CEO [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]
New video: Regional Connector’s tunneling machine arrives at 1st/Central station
The Regional Connector’s tunnel boring machine (Angeli, as she’s known around these parts) has arrived at the 1st St/Central Avenue Station site in Little Tokyo. After lowering the machine one [continue reading]
Updating: normal Gold Line service resumes
UPDATE, 9 a.m. Dec. 24: Normal Gold Line service has resumed between all stations. UPDATE, 6 p.m., Dec. 23: Bus shuttles continue between Allen and Sierra Madre Villa and will continue for the rest of Friday service. Metro Operations reports that work crews have made progress repairing the second overhead catenary [continue reading]
How We Roll, Dec. 22: big rigs vs 210, Musk vs traffic, partially automated cars vs people
Art of Transit 1: Related: More recent Crenshaw/LAX Line construction pics. Art of Transit 2: Art of Transit 3: https://twitter.com/CurbedSF/status/812060405992407040 Big rig crashes on 210; Gold Line stopped in Pasadena (KTLA) The accident occurred on the 210 freeway between the Allen and Sierra Madre Villa stations at 4:52 a.m. today [continue reading]
Video: Regional Connector tunneling machine lowered part by part into the launch pit
Assembly of the Regional Connector’s tunnel boring machine (TBM), Angeli, has commenced. The machine’s heaviest components were lowered by a heavy-duty crane known as a gantry system. Each segment of [continue reading]
Metro Board approves next phase of parking fee program
The next phase of the Metro parking fee program was approved Thursday by the agency’s Board of Directors. The program began earlier this year when daily and monthly parking fees went into effect at three of the new Expo Line stations. (Staff report here) With the approval, parking fees will be continued [continue reading]