Beat the heat — Go Metro to the beach
UPDATE, AUG. 6 — Also, try taking the boat to Seal Beach from Long Beach! Looks like L.A. is bracing for a long, hot, sweltering summer…which means more opportunities for [continue reading]
Where 2 LA? World Cup 2018 ends this Sunday and we’ve got the cure for your soccer fever
Check out the video above to see how we’ve been dealing with World Cup fever. We also predict the winner of World Cup 2018 using a highly scientific selection formula with a 101 percent accuracy rate. (Purchase the buses used in the video at Metro’s Pop-Up Shop — find out [continue reading]
New video: what’s happening under Wilshire and Fairfax on the Purple Line Extension
Above is some fresh video of excavation work in the future Wilshire/Fairfax Station on the first section of the Purple Line Extension that runs for 3.9 miles between Wilshire/Western and [continue reading]
Meetings this month provide updates on Vermont Avenue Bus Rapid Transit project
[scribd id=378014071 key=key-BrY45gk9ENDooPSw189T mode=scroll] (pdf) VermontMay2018Presentation There are four more community meetings this month for Metro to provide an update on the Vermont Transit Corridor project. The project proposes to [continue reading]
Upcoming Supplemental Alternative Analysis community meetings for Green Line Extension to Torrance
Metro will hold three community meetings later this month to discuss the current alternatives for a project that proposes to extend the Green Line for 4.6 miles from Redondo Beach [continue reading]
Community Workshops in April for joint development at Exposition and Crenshaw boulevards
We posted in November about a proposed joint development adjacent to the Expo Line and future Crenshaw/LAX Line at the intersection of Exposition and Crenshaw boulevards. Metro and Los Angeles [continue reading]
Upcoming public scoping meetings for 105 ExpressLanes project
Studies are beginning for a key Measure M project to convert the HOV lanes to ExpressLanes on the 105 freeway for 15.7 miles between the 405 and the 605 freeways. The studies will be looking at the impact of making that change. The ExpressLanes on the 10 and 110 freeways [continue reading]
Purple Line phase 2 groundbreaking!
Metro joined local, state and federal officials today to break ground on Section 2 of the Metro Purple Line Extension Project that will add 2.6-miles of new subway service to [continue reading]
Could paying people not to drive help reduce congestion?
Transportation wonks typically agree that charging people for using the roads is the best way to reduce traffic. What if we paid people for not using the roads? It’s no [continue reading]
Two Boyle Heights joint developments to be considered by Metro Board
Metro joint developments proposed for Mariachi Plaza and the intersection of Cesar Chavez Avenue and Fickett Street will be considered by the agency’s Board of Directors this month. Specifically, the [continue reading]