Earlier this month, from April 8 to 10, the Transit Bureau Service of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department began a new operational concept to improve safety on the Blue Line. The concept is called TRUST (Transit Rail Urban Saturation Team) and it consists of deputies saturating parts of the Blue [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Metro: New Metro Web Site Stresses Safety Riders Should Be Aware of their Surroundings Following Boston Bombings Heightened transit security remains in effect a day after a pair of bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killing at least three and injuring [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. Anxiety, heightened security on the ‘T’ (Boston Globe) The Globe’s story posted today about [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. Where the Los Angeles mayoral candidates stand: transportation (Los Angeles Times) Best breakdown I’ve [continue reading]
[scribd id=126411237 key=key-hcf3jhfyq0s39q2zrsc mode=scroll] The Metro Board will be considering a contract this month that would bring cell phone and wi-fi service to the subway system in Los Angeles. The Metro staff report on the contract is above. Once installed, cell service would be available throughout the public areas of [continue reading]
‘How do they do that?’ is a series for The Source that explores the technology that helps keep Metro running and passengers and other commuters moving. Some of it applies directly to the trains, buses and freeways and some of it runs in the background — invisible to nearly everyone [continue reading]
The statement from Metro: A construction worker on the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project was killed about 2:30 this morning when a steel construction beam fell on him. The accident occurred on the Santa Monica Boulevard off-ramp from the southbound 405. The worker was pronounced dead at the scene. Metro [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. New fears in Los Angeles as highway closes again (New [continue reading]
After a pair of 4.5 magnitude earthquakes were felt throughout the Los Angeles area earlier this week, a Source reader asked this question: What magnitude are the tunnels or stations designed to withstand? Here is the answer from Metro’s engineering and operations staff, as well as consultants who work with [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps_vQNS4k3A&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube] Our friends at New Jersey Transit have a safety campaign underway to address a long-standing problem in the Garden State and pretty much everywhere elsewhere in the United States — people walking on train tracks. The two new videos — each just 30 seconds — do not mince [continue reading]
