Here is the news release from Metro: The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is sponsoring “Bike Week L.A.” activities from May 12-18 to encourage people to ride bicycles to work, school and other destinations throughout LA County to reduce traffic and air pollution. Bring a bicycle or bicycle [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! Freeway toll lanes seem to speed things along, somewhat (L.A. Times) Here’s the top of the story, which provides a good summary of the preliminary [continue reading]
No surprise: another big crowd for CicLAvia on Sunday, with cyclists, walkers and others taking over Wilshire Boulevard between downtown Los Angeles and the Miracle Mile. Here are a few pics. Kind of wish you were out here? There's still time! #ciclavia pic.twitter.com/2eFIHuql57 — CicLAvia (@CicLAvia) April 6, 2014 https://twitter.com/MargaretTwitty8/status/451420458899214336/photo/1 [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! Community hopes to cut down tree plan (Park La Brea News/Beverly Press) A story about Metro’s plans to eventually remove about 135 trees along Wilshire [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! Cool pic of March gloom. O’Hare CTA station closed for foreseeable future because of considerable damage from crash (Chicago Tribune) A Chicago Transit Authority train failed [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! L.A. should hike sales tax to pay for street repair, report says (L.A. Times) Two city of Los Angeles officials — the Chief Administrative Officer [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metro: NORTH HOLLYWOOD – Fulfilling a request from Councilmember Paul Krekorian, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s (LASD) Transit Services Bureau, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) North Hollywood Division and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) have joined in efforts to enhance safety [continue reading]
Metro received its new Mobile Command Center this morning, raising the bar when it comes to preparedness for big events and/or emergencies. The command center may look like a giant black mobile home from the outside, but on the inside it has everything necessary to help keep communications, security, bus [continue reading]
[scribd id=192412340 key=key-1okk7vbn8e5ka3l65cwv mode=scroll] In 2013, Supervisors and Metro Board Members Mark Ridley-Thomas and Gloria Molina began promoting a proposal to build an 8.3-mile pedestrian and bike path that would connect the future Crenshaw/LAX Line to the Los Angeles River. The path would follow the old Harbor Subdivision rail right-of-way that [continue reading]
Here is the latest from the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, which is investigating the fatal stabbing Monday and which patrols Metro buses and trains: (Update) Stabbing Death Investigation, Metro Red Line Vermont Station – 9:20AM, Mon, Jan.13 Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau detectives are continuing their investigation into the [continue reading]
