Some of you have been asking about the strange looking bus cruising the Orange Line this morning. It’s a prototype 60-foot articulated electric vehicle – probably the largest all-electric bus [continue reading]
Metro Board Members and executives held a media event in Van Nuys on Friday morning to announce the start of the brand new “Valley-Westside Express” bus service which officially begins [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Metro bus driver quarantined after passenger yells ‘I have Ebola’ (L.A. Times) Non-hysterical and straight-up coverage of yesterday’s very unusual incident in which a bus [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! The Valley deserves to be part of L.A.’s transit revolution (L.A. Times) In this opinion piece, Matthew Fleischer says that it makes sense to upgrade [continue reading]
[scribd id=240096670 key=key-DB9REBnx2RaMtK9XE3TR mode=scroll] The Orange Line is Metro’s second-busiest bus line behind only the 720, the Rapid bus service along Wilshire Boulevard. With the Orange Line often crowded at peak hours, the Metro Board in July approved a motion asking Metro to investigate short-term fixes to speed up the Orange [continue reading]
Model buses are now available for purchase in Metro’s online store — you can chose between an Orange Line bus or Metro 40-foot buses used on local and rapid routes. One note: we’re aware of complaints from some readers about shipping fees. This is due to an exclusive contract that [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! It’s about the money: Yale on Metro’s plans and priorities (The Planning Report) Very interesting interview with David Yale, Metro’s Managing Executive Officer of Countywide Planning [continue reading]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6B4AJD4qJI&feature=youtu.be] Three Metro Board Members and other elected officials, activists and business leaders held a media event on Friday morning at the NoHo Orange Line station to discuss the Board’s passage Thursday of a motion calling for feasibility studies of improving the Orange Line and potentially connecting it to Burbank, [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iap8kpHRsA&feature=youtu.be] L.A. County Sheriff’s Department not meeting Metro’s policing goals (L.A. Times) More coverage of the recent — and critical — audit of Metro and [continue reading]
Other actions taken by the Metro Board at their meeting today: •The Board approved a motion by Board Members Paul Krekorian, Eric Garcetti, Michael Antonovich, Zev Yaroslavsky, John Fasana and Ara Najarian directing Metro staff to study potential upgrades to the Orange Line, including adding more articulated buses, grade-separated crossings, improved [continue reading]
