The groundbreaking of the Crenshaw/LAX Line was held Tuesday morning adjacent to the Expo Line’s Crenshaw station. Video is coming later today and we posted to our Twitter and Instagram feeds during the event; see this post for social media coverage of the event. Here is Metro’s news release: Construction began [continue reading]
One of the more notable Measure R projects under study is the Airport Metro Connector, which seeks to connect the Metro Rail system to Los Angeles International Airport. The latest: Metro staff in collaboration with Los Angeles World Airports (the city of Los Angeles agency that oversees LAX) are recommending [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! ART OF TRANSIT: Again, from our Instagram feed. Tracking holiday travel misery (FlightAware) That’s a screen grab from 8:55 a.m. Looks like a good day [continue reading]
Please keep in mind that many flights have been delayed and allow extra travel time as Los Angeles International Airport reopens after this morning’s shootings in Terminal 3. Follow @LAX_Official on Twitter and the different airlines for the latest information. Also, click here for LAX flight arrival and departure information.
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! ART OF TRANSIT: A Metro light rail car gets a tuneup. From our Instagram feed. Garcetti to lobby for people mover other transit improvements at [continue reading]
With the Crenshaw/LAX Line getting closer to construction in 2014, I wanted to address a specific issue involving the project: how the Metro Rail system will eventually connect to the terminals at Los Angeles International Airport. I also wanted to address a related notion floating around in the buzz-o-sphere that [continue reading]
If you haven’t found an excuse to visit the newly renovated LAX yet, here’s a good one. LAWA is presenting the first-ever art walk next weekend, with a live performance taking place at 7:30 p.m. both nights. The event is free and open to the public. To get to LAX [continue reading]
As part of its expansion and renovation, LAX is dramatically increasing the reach of its public art program and making the airport a destination in and of itself. Influx: Art at LAX, the airport’s first-ever public art festival, opened in June and will run through the end of 2013. Presented in partnership with [continue reading]
Metro today provided the agency’s staff recommendation for a contractor to build the 8.5-mile Crenshaw/LAX Line. Staff is recommending a contract in the amount of $1,272,632,356 to Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructors. The contract includes stations at Leimert Park and Hindry that were approved last month by the Metro Board of Directors. [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Bike to death (Voice of OC) The lede of this article is buried, but a [continue reading]
