Metro Rail Operations have issued the following announcement: To all Red and Purple Line passengers: Beginning Sunday, April 22, Metro will begin a Signal System upgrade project on the Red and Purple Lines, between Union Station and Westlake/MacArthur Park Station. The project is split into two phases: Phase 1 – [continue reading]
The public will get a first look at conceptual visions of what the future may hold for the iconic and historic Los Angeles Union Station. Metro Board Chairman and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and elected officials will be on hand as six architectural firms present their high-concept vision for Union Station [continue reading]
Turning your life into an impromptu musical has just gotten easier. Thirty pianos – one of which is located inside Union Station by the Starbucks – are decorated by local artists and community arts organizations. The pianos have just been placed throughout neighborhoods of L.A. County as part of the “Play Me, I’m Yours” [continue reading]
Here’s the news release: Metro will again offer Dodger Stadium Express bus service from Union Station in downtown Los Angeles to Dodger Stadium throughout the regular 2012 baseball season under a grant approved by the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC). The Dodgers opening day game against the [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. Martha Welborne on balancing planning responsibilities, goals and constraints at Metro (The Planning Report) [continue reading]
81 MILLION REASONS TO BE HAPPY: All things considered, I thought it was pretty amazing that President Obama’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year included $31 million in federal funds for the Regional Connector and $50 million for the Westside Subway Extension. Both, of course, are excellent and needed [continue reading]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=633iiIG1ECM?rel=0&w=560&h=315] Metro hosted a bike share demonstration at its headquarters building at Union Station on Wednesday to show agency employees and members of the public how various bike sharing systems work. It was the first time such a demo has been staged in the county’s largest public transit hub. See a short [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 blog. Age of U.S. Cars Hits Record High 10.8 Years (Marketplace — American Public Media) In either a sign of the times or [continue reading]
photo by Kevin Hair, via submission Nice photo of the hallway under the train platforms at Union Station in Los Angeles. The image was taken with the Hipstamatic app on the iPhone 4 and then later processed with the Snapseed app — one of my personal favorites. To submit a [continue reading]
‘How do they do that?’ is a new 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 [continue reading]
