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Pre-Revenue Train Service Begins on Expo Line Phase 2
If you saw an Expo Line train going to Santa Monica this morning, it wasn’t a case of the Monday’s tricking your head. Today Metro began its pre-revenue train service on Expo Line Phase 2 in preparation for its May 20th grand opening. Trains will be going from Culver City to Santa Monica every 12-20 […]
Photos: Fiery Big Rig Accident Shuts Down Gold Line
The Metro Gold Line was the belle of the ball on Saturday with the opening of the Foothill Extension. But just hours later on Sunday morning, a big rig driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed into the center divider. The big rig landed on the tracks of the gold line and burst into […]
LA County “Rediscovers Gold”
LA County celebrates the opening of six new stations as part of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension. The 11.5 mile extension is the first Measure R sales tax-funded rail line to open to the public, and was completed on time and on budget. Metro board members and elected officials from the community joined together […]
Metro Announces Expo 2 Line Extension Opening Date
Mark your calendars! Metro will officially open the second phase of the Expo Line on Friday, May 20. The new extension will connect “Grand to the Sand,”completing a 15-mile rail project that connects Downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica. Metro CEO Phil Washington announced on Thursday that the seven new stations of the extension will […]
I Took a Sneak Peek Train Ride on the Gold Line Extension
Metro invited me, along with Metro Board Members and members of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, to take a sneak peak train ride on the Gold Line Foothill Extension before its March 5th opening. We took the ride on the new Kinkisharyo trains. The ride was the smoothest I’ve felt on any […]
Realtime Arrival Info for Metro Now on Google Maps
I had a friend ask me this week for help planning his route to work using Metro. His motorcycle was in the shop, and he needed to get to Santa Monica from Downtown LA. I gave him my route of choice (720 all the way!), but suggested he check with Google Maps to see if […]
New Scramble Crosswalk at Hollywood & Highland
The rain couldn’t dampen the celebration at councilmember Mitch O’Farrell and LA Department of Transportation General Manager Seleta Reynolds took a ceremonial first walk on Sunday through the new scramble crosswalk at the intersection of Hollywood & Highland. Councilmember O’Farrell and Manager Reynolds addressed a crowd of business owners and local residents regarding LA’s goal […]
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension to Open March 5, 2016
Metro CEO Phillip A. Washington announced on Thursday that Phase 1 of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Project will officially open to the public on Saturday, March 5, 2016. This will be the first rail line funded and built with the 2008 Measure R countywide sales tax. The Gold Line Extension will extend nearly […]
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