Go Metro Weekends, March 13 – 15
Friday Metro Presents showcases art and cultural programs for all ages, and this Friday you and your family can enjoy a live slide show performance by the Ambassador of Americana, [continue reading]
Patsaouras Plaza closed this Saturday night for asphalt repairs
Patsaouras Bus Plaza will be closed from 9 p.m. Saturday, March 7 through 6 a.m Sunday, March 8 for asphalt repairs. Vehicles and pedestrians will not have access to the [continue reading]
Go Metro Weekends, Feb 27 – Mar 1
Friday In collaboration with The Industry and Echo Park Film Center, Metro Presents a free screening of Thom Andersen’s Los Angeles Plays Itself, often called the best documentary film about L.A. The [continue reading]
Roundup of today’s Metro Board of Directors meeting
Below are some of the highlights from this morning’s meeting of the Metro Board of Directors. The full agenda is here. •Item 23. The Board approved exercising an option with New Flyer to purchase an additional 350 new buses for $195 million on top of the 55o previously ordered. These buses will [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Wednesday, February 4
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Transportation headlines, Monday, January 26
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! Today’s Zocalo Public Square rider profile: Washington Boulevard to Figueroa New Union Station bus platform to begin construction in April (Building LA) The new platform [continue reading]
Groundbreaking held today in Fresno for California high-speed rail project
The event and sound begins about the four-minute mark of the above video. The groundbreaking is for the first 29-mile segment between Fresno and Madera in the Central Valley. The goal is for the project to eventually connect Los Angeles and San Francisco with a high-speed rail station as part [continue reading]
Go Metro Weekends, Dec 19 – 21
Friday If you enjoy singing Christmas carols like I do, belt out your favorite holiday tunes this Friday from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at The Annual Holiday Sing-Along outside [continue reading]
Hail Josh and George! … at Union Station
Josh Brolin (above) and George Clooney (see ABC site photo) turned heads at Union Station yesterday as they appeared for the day in scenes for the newest Coen Brothers movie, “Hail Caesar!” It’s a period piece so men in suits and fedoras and shiny vintage vehicles were all over the [continue reading]
Photos: Steps of Doe at Union Station this morning
Metro would like to thank Steps of Doe for getting up early and playing a really nice set this morning in the East Portal at Union Station. To learn more [continue reading]