Update on construction progress for the Purple Line Extension
With the turning of the calendar, we thought it would be a good time to provide an update on one of our key transit projects: the nine-mile extension of the [continue reading]
Fresh pics: what’s happening at Purple Line Extension’s Wilshire/La Brea Station
We shot these yesterday at Wilshire and La Brea, the site of a future station for the Purple Line Extension subway that is now under construction. Of the three new [continue reading]
Five questions asked more than once about building the Purple Line Extension
When is the earliest the Purple Line Extension will open? Metro CEO Phil Washington has said that the agency is aiming to open the entire project to Westwood by 2024 [continue reading]
Primer for newbies: the Purple Line Extension
There are many balls in the air transit-wise these days around Los Angeles with ongoing construction or planning on multiple projects. With early work underway on the section of the Purple [continue reading]
$1.6B in fed funding for subway extension!
A federal grant and loan totaling nearly $1.6 billion to help build the second phase of the Metro Purple Line Extension to downtown Beverly Hills and Century City was announced [continue reading]
Below Wilshire, a subway station is being dug
Three pretty good new pics of the working taking place under Wilshire to excavate the future Wilshire/La Brea Station for the Purple Line Extension. The first segment of the project [continue reading]
How We Roll, Nov. 4: the art of transit
Art of Transit: Art of Transit 2: Art of Transit 3: Art of Transit 4: Election stuff: At Curbed LA, Alissa Walker argues that Measure M should appeal to motorists, [continue reading]
Decking at future Wilshire/La Brea subway station finished six weeks ahead of schedule
Weekend street closures at Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue for construction of the Purple Line subway extension have been completed six weeks earlier than scheduled, Metro and its contractor Skanska, [continue reading]
How We Roll, August 5: safety and security, LACMA expansion, first-last mile
Things on Twitter: @metrolosangeles is making progress on the future Little Tokyo metro station. pic.twitter.com/sBKUzq7kdM — Robert Petersen (@lahiddenhistory) August 5, 2016 On @metrolosangeles to #VRLA. So new that taking [continue reading]
22-weekend closures at Wilshire/La Brea begin June 10 for Purple Line Ext work
Be prepared: Metro is getting ready to start construction on the future Wilshire/La Brea Station for the Purple Line Extension subway. The process begins with excavating a portion of Wilshire Boulevard and [continue reading]