[scribd id=240190611 key=key-MKg9DSJE3Gca0Qpv7h3m mode=scroll] [scribd id=240190697 key=key-dn8Y149PDOQ0mrgMr3eV mode=scroll] I know readers are always interested in station naming news — and there are two station naming motions before the Metro Board of Directors this month: •To rename the Gold Line’s East Los Angeles Civic Center Station the East Los Angeles Civic Center/Gloria [continue reading]
[scribd id=240096670 key=key-DB9REBnx2RaMtK9XE3TR mode=scroll] The Orange Line is Metro’s second-busiest bus line behind only the 720, the Rapid bus service along Wilshire Boulevard. With the Orange Line often crowded at peak hours, the Metro Board in July approved a motion asking Metro to investigate short-term fixes to speed up the Orange [continue reading]
Union Station’s has a brand new attraction. T&Y Bakery opened this morning with pastry and cookies and French macaroons and this amazing coconut confection that turned out to be the perfect way to calm a 3 p.m. hunger attack. T&Y stands for Tbilisi & Yerevan (the capitol cities of Georgia [continue reading]
Metro released the draft environmental study today for a project that could potentially extend the Gold Line from East Los Angeles to South El Monte or Whittier. In addition, the study also looks at a Transportation Systems Management (TSM) alternative which identifies potential bus upgrades and the legally required no-build option. Click [continue reading]
And the answer is yes: Metro’s Dodger Stadium Express bus service is running Sunday night to the sold-out Paul McCartney concert at the ballpark. The bus between Union Station and Dodger Stadium is free to those holding a ticket to the show. This is McCartney’s first show at Dodger Stadium [continue reading]
Here is the news release from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the agency building the 11.5-mile addition to the Gold Line between eastern Pasadena and the Azusa/Glendora border. Yep, it’s another project funded by Measure R: Four-Day Full Closure of Huntington Dr & Second Ave Intersection Begins Friday [continue reading]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY1MnAOtSoU&w=560&h=315] Eminem and Rihanna bring their “Monster Tour” to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena Thursday, August 7, and Friday, August 8. As always, you can take the Gold Line to Memorial Park Station to reach the paid Rose Bowl Shuttle at the Parsons parking lot in Old Pasadena. At Memorial Park [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! The value of fast transit (Transport Politic) As our very own Joe Lemon recently noted after a visit to the Twin Cities, the new light [continue reading]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6B4AJD4qJI&feature=youtu.be] Three Metro Board Members and other elected officials, activists and business leaders held a media event on Friday morning at the NoHo Orange Line station to discuss the Board’s passage Thursday of a motion calling for feasibility studies of improving the Orange Line and potentially connecting it to Burbank, [continue reading]
Other actions taken by the Metro Board at their meeting today: •The Board approved a motion by Board Members Paul Krekorian, Eric Garcetti, Michael Antonovich, Zev Yaroslavsky, John Fasana and Ara Najarian directing Metro staff to study potential upgrades to the Orange Line, including adding more articulated buses, grade-separated crossings, improved [continue reading]
