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! Union ploy may throw Kinkisharyo off track (Antelope Valley Press) The firm hired by Metro to build new rail cars wants to build an assembly [continue reading]
Subway riders will no doubt notice a brand new subway portal canopy now being built over the Purple Line’s Wilshire/Western Station. The new canopy will feature new components from Metro’s “kit of parts” station design concepts that’s seeking to keep Metro structures consistent in their appearance and easier and more [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! Gold Line Eastside project environmental document released (San Gabriel Valley Tribune) Coverage of the release on Friday of the Eastside Gold Line Phase 2 environmental [continue reading]
Metro will be holding its next community meeting for the Purple Line Extension Project on September 18, 2014 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Metro’s Construction Relations team will provide updates on current pre-construction work for the project’s first phase, a nearly four-mile extension of the subway from [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! And 30 years ago today… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0EbArKDJPQ] So how many people are paying to ride? (L.A. Times) This article about fare evasion, turnstiles and ridership estimates [continue reading]
[scribd id=234928358 key=key-8eI6gDGjkKbisuo6BYs9 mode=scroll] After a long discussion, the Metro Board of Directors voted 9 to 3 to approve a $1.6-billion contract with Skanska, Traylor and Shea, a Joint Venture (STS), on Thursday morning to construct the 3.9-mile first phase of the Purple Line Extension subway. The first phase — with a total budget [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! Century Crunch could make journey to LAX worse (Daily Breeze) Coverage of the closure this weekend of the intersection of Aviation and Century boulevards near [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! Dodger Stadium Express: Metro nightmare or game day savior? (Neon Tommy) One reporter boards the free shuttle bus from Union Station to the ballpark. The [continue reading]
[scribd id=234267975 key=key-TCxAlyS6KI9uGr0CrIGk mode=scroll] The Metro Board of Directors’ Construction Committee Thursday morning took up the issue of the contract to build the 3.9-mile first phase of the Purple Line Extension between Wilshire/Western and Wilshire/La Cienega. The Metro staff report explaining the recommendation is above. Staff has recommended that the [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! House passes interim fix for Highway Trust Fund (New York Times) The U.S. House voted on Tuesday for a short-term fix to keep the Highway [continue reading]
