December Board meeting wrap
In his remarks near the start of the meeting, Metro CEO Phil Washington provided updates to two Metro projects: •Verizon earlier this week agreed to install cellular equipment in the Red/Purple [continue reading]
How We Roll, Nov. 24: is California a model or cautionary tale when it comes to climate change?
Art of Transit: California, a climate model for the rest of the world, has work to do at home (Cal Matters) A good article spurred by the upcoming climate change summit in Paris. Excerpt: California has perhaps the most comprehensive cap-and-trade program in the world, setting a limit and [continue reading]
HWR: LAX people mover in 2023?
Art of Transit: Speaking of LAX…. New look at the LAX people mover set to be finished in 2023 (Curbed LA) [scribd id=290660154 key=key-jAkq59VkzHeFXcZdZQSn mode=scroll] Some interestingness burped out of [continue reading]
How We Roll, Nov. 20: thinking about all those short trips people take
Art of Transit: That’s work on the Crenshaw/LAX Line, which will run between the Expo Line and the Green Line. It’s funded by Measure R and scheduled to open in 2019. Response to Metro’s proposed performance metrics (Investing in Place) Jessica Meaney takes a look at the metrics that would [continue reading]
How We Roll, Nov. 12; suspect arrested in bus slaying, Regional Connector costs rise and bike share lands in SaMo
Art of Transit: Homicide detectives arrest suspect in stabbing (Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department) One of three suspects involved in the fatal stabbing of a passenger on the Metro Local 81 [continue reading]
How We Roll, Nov. 10; public safety and Metro
Bus passenger stabbed to death in Highland Park (LAT) The fatal stabbing occurred on the Metro 81 Local Bus about 10:40 p.m. on Monday night in Highland Park. Police told the LAT that three men boarded a bus at Figueroa and 57th Street and then got into an argument with [continue reading]
How We Roll, Nov. 6; the future of the Orange Line, big oil and your carbon footprint
We have a couple key items today about oil and climate change. I’m not very comfortable vilifying Big Oil, mostly because many of us — including yours truly — have [continue reading]
Wilshire lanes to be reconfigured at La Brea beginning Friday night
Nov. 6 update: the work was originally scheduled for late October and has been rescheduled for this weekend beginning at 9 p.m. tonight. Metro’s contractor is planning to do some advance work at Wilshire and La Brea to get ready for soldier pile installation for the Purple Line Extension‘s underground [continue reading]
Frequent train testing in Santa Monica scheduled for this weekend
Trains will be running more frequently in Santa Monica than they have been. Please see the notice below:
Metro Motion: the Gold Line to Azusa
The latest edition of Metro Motion — the agency’s quarterly program for public access television — has been completed. The above segment offers a short preview of the Gold Line extension [continue reading]