Bus service restored to Dodger Stadium
Posted by Steve Hymon on March 12, 2010 at 3:24 p.m.
County Supervisor and Metro Board member Mike Antonovich made the announcement today that he secured a $300,000 anti-air pollution grant to restore bus service between Union Station and Dodger Stadium for the 2010 season. The best part: the bus ride is free to anyone holding a game ticket. The full ...
Blue Line service delays again this weekend
Posted by Steve Hymon on March 12, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
A reminder: Bus service will replace Blue Line service between the Washington station and 7th/Metro Center in downtown Los Angeles this weekend due to work constructing the junction of Blue Line and Expo Line tracks. Work begins at 9 p.m. tonight and will continue until early Monday. Blue Line patrons ...
Expo Line Construction Authority responds to lawsuit
Posted by Steve Hymon on March 12, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.
As expected and as was widely reported yesterday, the group Neighbors for Smart Rail has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against the second phase of the Expo Line, which will run from Culver City to Santa Monica. The project, which was part of the Measure R package ...
Metro CEO says he will reorganize the agency
Posted by Steve Hymon on March 12, 2010 at 10:58 a.m.
Metro CEO Art Leahy has been on the job for almost a year and yesterday he announced to agency staff his most significant initiative: he wants to “streamline” the agency, which involves eliminating some open jobs and through voluntary and involuntary layoffs. This is how it has been explained to ...
Transportation headlines, Friday, March 12
Posted by Steve Hymon on March 12, 2010 at 9:37 a.m.
The local transit agency in Las Vegas has no interest in helping the bankrupt, privately-operated monorail system that is supposed to get people up and down The Strip but, as critics have often noted, operates largely out of view of the public. The agency proposes to build a bus rapid ...
Reader email – Crenshaw station edition
Posted by Fred Camino on March 12, 2010 at 8:50 a.m.
Last week we posed the question: should the Westside subway have a Crenshaw station? Emails poured in from readers eager to share their opinion, hence this special edition of our reader email roundup. Remember, Metro is holding a community meeting on March 17th about this very issue. If you can’t ...
Go Metro Weekends, March 12th – March 14th
Posted by Fred Camino on March 12, 2010 at 7:39 a.m.
We’ve listed a lot of free events this weekend including indie music performances in downtown Los Angeles, spirited human rights discussions in East L.A. and the story of Chinese food in the West over at the Central Library. Have an event you'd like us to include? Shoot us an email ...
Transportation headlines, Thursday, March 11
Posted by Fred Camino on March 11, 2010 at 9:54 a.m.
Now you can follow Amtrak on Twitter and find out what’s up with our nation’s passenger rail service in 140 character snippets. Amtrak joins a growing number of transportation providers (Metro included) that are embracing social media as a way to connect with customers. Like most large organizations hopping on ...
The Mayor’s 30/10 plan
Posted by Steve Hymon on March 11, 2010 at 8:55 a.m.
When voters approved Measure R in 2008, they were voting for a plan that proposed to raise sales taxes in Los Angeles County by a half-cent for 30 years. In return, voters would get about $40 billion in transit, road and other transportation improvements. But not $40 billion of fixes ...
From the archives: Pass perfect
Posted by Kim Upton on March 11, 2010 at 8:30 a.m.
Thousands of visual reminders of history are stored on the Metro Library Flickr site. Tucked among the historic photos is a shot of a few weekly passes from the 1930s, showing that many Los Angeles Railway tickets were small works of art. Some simply reminded riders not to forget Mother’s ...
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