A friendly reminder that CicLAvia is scheduled for this Sunday with a nice course covering the different corners of downtown while stretching from MacArthur Park (Red/Purple Line) to Mariachi Plaza (Gold Line). In fact, as the map shows the route is accessible by all Metro Rail’s downtown lines, as well [continue reading]
Here’s something to cure your post-summer blues: after three long months, CicLAvia is back this Oct. 6, allowing bicyclists, pedestrians, skateboarders and others the rare opportunity to explore miles of L.A. city streets sans cars. The planned “Heart of L.A.” route consists of 7.5 miles of protected roadways in downtown [continue reading]
FYF Fest is approaching quickly and as you begin to plan your weekend of dancing and fun, make Metro your travel plan of choice! The festival is taking place at the Los Angeles Historic Park, which is conveniently located a short walk from the Metro Gold Line Chinatown Station. Forget the hassle [continue reading]
I’m guessing most of you are already fully aware that CicLAvia is coming to Wilshire Boulevard on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. between downtown L.A. and Fairfax Avenue along the Miracle Mile. Wilshire will be closed to car traffic and turned over to cyclists and pedestrians. I’m guessing [continue reading]
How do they do that? is a series for The Source that explores the technology that helps keep Metro running and passengers and other commuters moving. Some of it applies directly to the trains, buses and freeways and some of it runs in the background — invisible to nearly everyone [continue reading]
This is the latest “under construction” map produced by Metro. As you can see, there are five rail projects shown that aren’t on the usual day-to-day rail map: the second phase of the Expo Line, the Gold Line Foothill Extension, the Crenshaw/LAX Line, the Regional Connector and Purple Line Extension [continue reading]
Some nice news for Metro: the agency has received an award from the American Public Transportation Association for its program to improve and maintain safety along light rail corridors. Here is the news release from APTA: 2013 Rail Safety & Security Excellence Awards Announced The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) [continue reading]
Purple Line Extension June meeting PPT Above is the PowerPoint from tonight’s community meeting for the Purple Line Extension project. The meeting covered the first 3.9-mile segment of the project, which will be built over the next decade and include three new stations at Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega. [continue reading]
@metroLAalerts 5:04 a.m. METRO RED LINE FINAL UPDATE: Signal repairs completed ahead of schedule; trains resume normal operations to all stations. No further delays. Previously: Here is the announcement issued by Metro Rail operations: Passengers riding the Metro Red Line from the San Fernando Valley into Hollywood and downtown Los Angeles [continue reading]
What the what? Yes, that's a mock subway car in the parking lot of the Metro Customer Center at Wilshire & La Brea, celebrating the announcement Tuesday afternoon that utility relocation is beginning for the Westside Subway Extension, a key Measure R-funded project. A few highlights from the media event: [continue reading]
