This article also appears at Streetsblog Los Angeles. Metro’s new HR4000 subway cars entered service today. They are currently operating on the Metro D Line. If all goes as expected, there will be just a few of the new railcars…
The following article also appears on Streetsblog California. The California High-Speed Rail Authority just released a video showing how the state’s under-construction high-speed rail project is planned to connect into Burbank and Los Angeles. The four-minute video is focused on the Palmdale to Burbank project…
This article first appeared at Streetsblog Los Angeles. Lead photo by Joe Linton Last week, Metro board committees met to discuss and decide various items. Committee approvals are preliminary, pending approval at the upcoming full Metro board meeting on December 5. Outsourcing…
The story first appeared at Streetsblog Los Angeles. Puente Hills Landfill Park has been a “dream project” for Megan Horn, principal at Studio-MLA. “The design itself is really this nice combination of big, wide, open space with these small interventions,” says Horn.…
This post first appeared at Streetsblog Los Angeles. Photo:Busiton Metro transit ridership keeps on growing. The latest Metro ridership statistics show that October 2024 was the second consecutive month when Metro averaged more than a million daily weekday boardings. With 1,025,262 daily…
The following article first appeared on Streetsblog LA. Photos: Joe Linton Yesterday, the Metro Board Planning and Programming Committee approved a staff recommendation to revoke $435,000 worth of grant funds previously awarded to Culver City. The city had received $1.96…
The following post first appeared at Streetsblog Los Angeles. “Last month we hit a major milestone as we averaged more than one million boardings each weekday on our system,” Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins acclaimed at last month’s Metro board meeting.…
A version of this story first appeared at Streetsblog Los Angeles. On Friday, Metro officially started using on-bus cameras to issue warnings to drivers parked in bus-only lanes or at bus stops. The initial phase includes lines 212 (on La…
With many mail-in ballots already in voters’ hands, it’s time for the SGV Connect election special. This week we talk with a pair of experts about two ballot measures that L.A. County voters will decide this fall. First, Damien interviews…
This article first appeared at Streetsblog L.A. Image: Joe Linton Metro transit ridership keeps growing. In September, weekday ridership hit a new milestone: one million average daily boardings. September also marked the twenty-second consecutive month of year-over-year ridership growth. In…
The following was initially printed in, you guessed it, Streetsblog Los Angeles. The city of Santa Monica’s 20th Street Bike and Pedestrian Improvements Project opened about a month ago. Today, Streetsblog got a chance to bike there and take photos. The 1/8-mile-long Z-shaped…
The following article first appeared at Streetsblog Los Angeles. A poster on Reddit, misken67, has been sharing some fascinating and informative visualizations of recent Metro rail and BRT ridership data. SBLA shares misken67’s maps, graphs, and insights below, but if…
My family and I just spent two weeks vacationing in London. As with my previous post-vacation pieces I can’t claim expertise regarding London livability. But I will share some observations I think might be interesting to SBLA readers. If you…
Below is a run-down of some of the more noteworthy items from Thursday’s Metro board meeting. Metro Ridership Keeps Growing Metro transit ridership is up! June 2024 was the nineteenth consecutive month of year-over-year ridership increases. In June, Metro had…
Who’s excited about four more CicLAvia open streets events coming up this year!? Mark your calendars! Event information and maps included below. Totaling eight calendar year 2024 events, CicLAvia has already opened South L.A. Western Avenue, Wilmington, Venice Boulevard, and Melrose Avenue. Kudos to…
