The first pile was lowered into the ground on Tuesday for the Purple Line Extension near the intersection of Wilshire and La Brea — specifically on Wilshire between La Brea and Detroit [continue reading]
Art of Transit: Developers are winning Miracle Mile’s density battles — and screwing over residents (LA Weekly) The article takes a skeptical view of the new residential/commercial structures, museum expansions and the [continue reading]
If you haven’t already purchased gifts for all the important people in your life, here are a few places you might want to check out as you complete your holiday shopping. [continue reading]
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]
Metro’s Eat Shop Play Local campaign awarded a total of $5,250 to winners of its October Quarterly Drawing contest on the Regional Connector, Crenshaw/LAX and Purple Line Extension Projects. The drawings are [continue reading]
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]
A California appeals court on Thursday upheld the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Purple Line Extension, which will extend the subway from its current terminus at Wilshire/Western to Westwood. In a [continue reading]
“Where we’re going, we don’t need roads….” –Doc Emmett Brown The subject of Back to the Future Day came up in my beer league hockey locker room last night. The [continue reading]
Art of Transit: Newsflash!: If you haven’t seen, here’s a Metro staff update on work to update the agency’s long-range plan and a potential ballot measure in Nov. 2016 [continue reading]
Due to Purple Line Extension construction, there will be intermittent lane closures along Wilshire Boulevard now through Friday, Oct. 23. In addition, two stops along the Metro Bus 20 and Metro Rapid 720 route will be relocated in the area. Here’s the news release from Metro: The Metro Purple Line [continue reading]
