592,000 boardings on Metro Rail on Saturday
As thousands converged on downtown Los Angeles for the Saturday Women’s March, Metro Rail carried a total of 592,000 boarding passengers – 360,000 more riders than on a typical Saturday. [continue reading]
Metro staff recommends Tutor Perini/O & G to build section two of Purple Line Extension project
[scribd id=336494884 key=key-oNROpTNU0Apyt7ZrgyY7 mode=scroll] Click here for pdf for download and printing. Attachments to the report are here. With $1.6 billion in federal funding secured to extend the Metro Purple Line subway to Century City, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is now poised to recommend the international [continue reading]
2016: two rail openings, bike share, a ballot measure and a very busy year for Metro
This was my seventh year at the agency and, by far, 2016 was the busiest. I usually like to put the end-of-the-year highlights in chronological order but I think four [continue reading]
Subway capacity project coming soon
A community meeting will be held Wednesday night at the SCI-Arc building in downtown Los Angeles from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to discuss the Metro Red/Purple Line Core Capacity Improvements [continue reading]
Reminder: Metro to run Sunday/Holiday service on Thanksgiving Day
All Metro Bus and Rail service will operate on Sunday/Holiday schedule Thursday, Nov. 24, Thanksgiving Day. This means all buses without Sunday service will not run. For routes and service information [continue reading]
Fresh pics: Knocking out the knockout panel between the Bloc and 7th St/Metro Center
The work began Friday to remove the concrete between between the Bloc and 7th St/Metro Center. Once completed this winter, Metro riders will be able to go straight between the nicely [continue reading]
Cell phone service for T-Mobile customers now available in DTLA on Red/Purple Line
Some of you have already noticed this: underground cell phone service for T-Mobile customers is now up and running on the Metro Red and Purple Lines between Union Station and [continue reading]
Dodger Stadium Express ready to help fans eager to witness Cubs loss/heartbreak
It has come down to this: the Dodgers must save the Cubs from themselves because a World Series win by the Chicago Cubs would absolutely ruin them and everything that [continue reading]
How We Roll, Sept. 7: Crenshaw North routes, Uber’s future, random stuff
Measure M News: There was considerable press coverage of a court ruling Tuesday that upheld the ballot language of Measure M, Metro’s sales tax ballot measure that goes to voters [continue reading]
Subway turnback, Airport Connector receive state cap-and-trade funds
A new transit station that will help passengers quickly reach LAX terminals and a project to allow more frequent Red/Purple Line subway service were awarded a combined $109 million in [continue reading]