Below are the October ridership statistics for Metro. Numbers were up across the board when compared to the previous two Octobers. Here are the comparisons month-to-month numbers — it looks like record months for the Orange Line, Silver Line, Blue Line and the newly-opened Expo Line. Bus – Directly Operated [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metro: To increase rail safety awareness during September, Metro Safety staff will be visiting several rail stations passing out safety information, providing safety tips and discussing safety issues around trains and tracks with Metro Rail patrons. The effort coincides with Railroad Safety Month in California [continue reading]
Familiar with the big, empty block between 1st and 2nd streets and Hill and Broadway? The plan for years was to build a federal courthouse there. That’s the plan, anyway. But the project is getting increased scrutiny in Congress, which has yet to release the money to pay for a [continue reading]
As some people in the Twitterverse discovered yesterday — thanks Carter! 🙂 — the new timetables for Metro Rail and the Orange Line have been posted and they include the new late-night hours scheduled to begin this Friday night/Saturday morning. Metro is extending the hours for Metro Rail service until [continue reading]
Metro pulled in a couple of nice federal grants on Thursday — including money to help build the pedestrian tunnel under Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood between the Red Line station and Orange Line platform. The Daily News also published a good story with more details. Work is expected to [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. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sutqiB7w-7U&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Nice video on eating along the Expo Line from Willy Blackmore, the [continue reading]
In the nearly three years that I’ve been running this blog, I’m pretty sure the most requested service change from readers has been for more late night rail service, particularly on the weekends. Metro CEO Art Leahy has decided to do just that. The specifics: •All Metro Rail lines will [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. Grand Park to open in late July (ZevWeb) The first [continue reading]
Here is the news release from Metrolink, the commuter rail agency, and here is our post on taking Metro Rail to the parade: LOS ANGELES – Don’t miss the parade and/or rally for the LA Kings’ historic Stanley Cup win waiting in traffic or searching for a parking spot. Metrolink [continue reading]
photo by Metro, via Metro Transportation Library and Archive’s Flickr page I thought the above photo of Red Line construction, taken in the 1990s, was appropriate for today’s Art of Transit. As you may have heard by now, the Metro Board of Directors on Thursday selected the route and station [continue reading]
