Update 8:20 p.m.: Track is cleared at Memorial Park Station to allow trains to resume service and bypass Memorial Park Station. Bus bridge will transport passengers to Del Mar and Lake stations. Police activity on board a Metro Gold Line train stopped at the Memorial Park station has effectively closed [continue reading]
County of Los Angeles Supervisor Gloria Molina and County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation invite Angelenos to Go Metro to free cultural events in South L.A. and East L.A. – part of the ArtsFest 2011. The fun starts tonight at 6pm at Roosevelt Park, steps away from [continue reading]
Major delays of more than 30 minutes that plagued service on the Pasadena side of the Metro Gold Line since Wednesday evening continued into the morning commute as crews completed repair of the overhead wire system that powers the trains and relocated two trains stranded on the tracks. Damage to [continue reading]
Update, 1:45 p.m. — three Metro Rail lines had record numbers (Gold, Blue and Red/Purple) and more info about how rail ridership is calculated have been added to the below post. Metro has released its ridership statistics for July. Bottom line: systemwide ridership is up over a year ago, [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oUceTfsRwE&feature=email[/youtube] Metro extended some of its rail service well past the usual midnight closing time on Saturday to accommodate the crowds going to HardFest in Los Angles State Historic Park, i.e. the Cornfields. Agency staff put together the above video. A few interesting stats: •There were about 16,000 more boardings [continue reading]
The Metro Board has unanimously approved a motion by L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa that would protect all Tier 1 bus service — that is, major bus routes — for the rest of fiscal year 2011-12, which ends next July 1. The motion also asks Metro staff to recommend five corridors [continue reading]
Party people listen up, Metro has partnered with HARD Events to provide extended late night service on the Red and Gold Lines on Saturday, August 6 for the HARD Summer Music Festival 2011. The festival – featuring acts including Chromeo, Ratatat and Odd Future – takes place at the Los [continue reading]
I’m not sure what to make of this: a new study from a USC professor concludes that the air on the Gold Line light rail is cleaner than the Red Line subway — and that both are far cleaner than the air along freeway corridors. The reason for the difference [continue reading]
Two big news items this afternoon for a key Measure R transit project, the Foothill Extension that will take the Gold Line from its current terminus for 11.5 miles to the Azusa/Glendora border: 1. After months of negotiations, the Foothill Extension Construction Authority has reached an agreement to purchase land [continue reading]
Lots of rail work happening this weekend, so if you’re planning on riding (perhaps to a Go Metro Weekend destination?) take heed to the info in this post. Friday after 8:30pm Purple Line only runs between Wilshire/Western & Wilshire/Vermont due to maintenance in Downtown stations. As a result, Red Line [continue reading]
