The San Fernando Valley’s very first CicLAvia, presented by Metro, is now scheduled for March 22. Other planned CicLAvias dates are now available as well. See news release below: Metro Presents CicLAvia – The Valley Hello Valley! CicLAvia Heads over the Hill for First Event of 2015 North Hollywood, Studio [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! ART OF TRANSIT: "Iron horse" vs real horse! Thanks for sharing this photo with us, @aniabown #MetroBlueLine #horsebackriding #cowboy #MetroRail A photo posted by Metro [continue reading]
Metro Board Members and executives held a media event in Van Nuys on Friday morning to announce the start of the brand new “Valley-Westside Express” bus service which officially begins [continue reading]
There are some significant changes coming to Metro Rapid Bus service in the San Fernando Valley on Dec. 14th as part of Metro’s twice-yearly service changes. The gist of it: there are two new lines beginning that day, the 744 and the Valley-Westside Express. The new lines are replacing [continue reading]
Metro recently held workshops to update the community on the status of the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor study — the before-and-after renderings shown above were presented at the workshops. The [continue reading]
This is a project that I know many people have been following. The aim of the project — which has some Measure R funding — is to improve transit on Van Nuys Boulevard and San Fernando Road between Ventura Boulevard and the Sylmar/San Fernando Road Metrolink station. Here is the project’s [continue reading]
City and county officials this morning unveiled a brand new 2.75-mile section of San Fernando Road Bike Path between Wolfskill Street and Branford streets in Pacoima. The new bike path segment includes safety fencing, lighting, landscaping and other amenities for local cyclists seeking to ride parallel to the Metro-owned railroad right-of-way now used [continue reading]
Photo Credit: City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Marking another noteworthy achievement for Metro’s Call for Projects Program, transportation officials from the city and county of Los Angeles this morning announced the grand opening of a brand new section of L.A. River Bikeway in the western San Fernando [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! It’s about the money: Yale on Metro’s plans and priorities (The Planning Report) Very interesting interview with David Yale, Metro’s Managing Executive Officer of Countywide Planning [continue reading]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6B4AJD4qJI&feature=youtu.be] Three Metro Board Members and other elected officials, activists and business leaders held a media event on Friday morning at the NoHo Orange Line station to discuss the Board’s passage Thursday of a motion calling for feasibility studies of improving the Orange Line and potentially connecting it to Burbank, [continue reading]
