In addition to the new four miles of busway, the Orange Line Extension features four new miles of bike lane and walking path between Canoga station and the Chatsworth train station. Check out this story on Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky’s website. The accompanying photos were taken by Metro’s Dave Sotero, an [continue reading]
photo by Greg Spotts, via Twitter Art panels being installed along the Orange Line Extension in preparation for its public debut on Saturday. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet it to @metrolosangeles with an #artoftransit [continue reading]
Measure R Extension: The big-ticket item at Thursday’s Board of Directors meeting is a scheduled vote on whether the Board wants to ask voters to extend the half-cent sales tax beyond its mid-2039 expiration date. Metro staff is proposing to extend the tax as a way to possibly accelerate all [continue reading]
Metro will celebrate the opening of the Orange Line Extension with fun-filled family events at two stations on Saturday, June 30. Festivities will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will include food trucks, live music and much more. Canoga Station ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. community booths [continue reading]
The following is the new timetable for the Orange Line that goes into effect on Monday. The four-mile extension between Canoga station and the Chatsworth Metrolink station opens on Saturday and is running a special schedule this weekend (more on that later in the week). Here’s a link to the [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=011HHBWbE4g[/youtube] Here’s the new 30-second spot promoting the Orange Line Extension to Chatsworth — it opens Saturday, June 30.
Measure R was approved by nearly 68 percent of Los Angeles County voters in 2008 as a half-cent sales tax that would be in effect for 30 years — with an expiration date of mid-2039. As many Source readers know, Metro staff are proposing to ask county voters to extend [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. Culver City and Farmdale stations to open Wednesday (Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas website) Phase one [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. Ray Bradbury — and the free L.A. monorail system that never was (KPCC) [continue reading]
Even more artwork installations are happening on the Orange Line Extension, which is opening on June 30! A few photos of the 27-foot-long ellipse designed by Lisa Adams for the Chatsworth Station are below. More information about the artwork is available here. See images from the installations at Sherman Way, [continue reading]
