Final segment of Wilshire bus lane opens
The final .9-mile segment of peak hour bus lanes between Federal Avenue and Centinela Avenue along Wilshire Boulevard in West L.A. will open at the start of rush hour Monday morning. [continue reading]
How We Roll, Oct. 12: transit vs gentrification, fare increase study, DTLA rising
Art of Transit: Newsflash!: If you haven’t seen, here’s a Metro staff update on work to update the agency’s long-range plan and a potential ballot measure in Nov. 2016 [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Thursday, January 22
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2014: A milestone year for Metro
Click on photos to see larger versions please By almost any measure, 2014 was a pretty remarkable one for transportation in Los Angeles County. In the past year, Metro’s ambitious Measure R [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Wednesday, Nov. 12
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Transportation headlines, Monday, November 10
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. The rush hour crowd captured by @wudlm #MetroBlueLine #MetroExpoLine #MetroRail #GoMetro #commuterlife A photo posted by Metro Los Angeles (@metrolosangeles) on Nov 11, 2014 at 6:53am PST L.A. begins the [continue reading]
Transportation headlines, Oct. 8: L.A. ranks 3rd on jobs near transit, study says
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! University of Minnesota ranks accessibility to jobs by transit in the U.S. (news release) The study finds that Los Angeles ranks third behind New York [continue reading]
Northbound HOV lane opened today on 405 over the Sepulveda Pass!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-YGpUOJiuk&feature=youtu.be] The HOV lane on the northbound 405 opened earlier this morning. A media event has just begun at Getty Center — we’ll have photos and video later today. Here’s the news release from Metro: Paving the Road to a Better 405 L.A. Metro, Caltrans, Kiewit Open 10-Mile Northbound I-405 [continue reading]
Some new Expo Line Phase 2 construction pics
Progress continues on the second phase of the Measure R-funded Expo Line between Culver City and downtown Santa Monica. The folks at the Expo Line Construction Authority sent over the above photos, all taken in recent days. Both Expo Line Phase 2 and the Gold Line Foothill Extension are more than [continue reading]
Yaroslavsky motion pushes for creation of San Fernando Valley-Westwood Express bus
We posted last month about proposed route changes for buses in the San Fernando Valley. One of the proposals is for the creation of a new 588 bus that would operate at peak hours that would run between Westwood and Nordhoff Street in North Hills, mostly along the 405 freeway and [continue reading]