This article first appeared on Streetsblog Los Angeles. An overflow crowd of more than one hundred people showed up to last night’s Expo Bike Path meeting at the Palms-Rancho Park Branch Library. A representative from Councilmember Paul Koretz welcomed the boisterous crowd…
Next week, the Expo Construction Authority — which oversees construction of the Exposition Light Rail project — is anticipating handing over the Phase II right-of-way to Metro, which will begin regular train testing or “pre-revenue” service, according to a report…
The countdown to Expo opening all the way to Santa Monica has begun. Phase two of the Expo light rail line will connect the beach with downtown Los Angeles and with the region’s growing rail transit system by train for…
“END OF THE LINE,” the headline screams in all caps from the yellowed newspaper. The story is buried in the Communities section of the Evening Outlook, announcing a bit of L.A. County rail history. “The last train out of SM blows…
Last week, we reported that Metro was testing Expo trains between Centinela and as far west as 17th Street. Today, Expo hit another milestone — and made L.A. transportation history — when the first train pulled into the western terminus…
Today, in Santa Monica, Metro began testing Expo Line trains running under their own power, though we will have to wait until next week before we see trains pulling into the 4th Street station, according to officials. “Project staff said…
Our sister site Streetsblog Los Angeles has coverage of yesterday’s press event celebrating the Metro Expo Line nearing completion. Expo Phase II construction is over 90 percent completed, and, if all goes as planned, passenger service should arrive in Santa…
After anti-development advocates successfully killed plans by developer Hines for a mixed-use housing and office project on the former Papermate site across from the future Expo light rail station at 26th Street, a new owner has filed new plans for…
Los Angeles Streetsblog head writer Joe Linton contributed to this report. Expo Phase II completes the long-anticipated rail connection between Downtown Los Angeles and Downtown Santa Monica. Construction on Phase II began in 2011. Currently, the Expo line ends in Culver City.…
The City Council Tuesday night will set the guidelines for an advisory committee that will help shape the future of Bergamot Station Arts Center and city officials want to make sure that younger residents have a voice in the process. Staff is…
The Santa Monica City Council will have its last meeting of 2014 Tuesday and there are a few important items it will look at: raising water prices, the Big Blue Bus’ proposed Expo Light Rail integration plan, and a possible requirement for…
The Santa Monica City Council took a historic step Tuesday and greenlit what could be Los Angeles County’s very first public bike share system. With the Council’s approval, CycleHop, LLC is on track to launch the bike share system by…
Big Blue Bus (BBB) has just begun the gargantuan process of figuring out how to best integrate its system with the Metro Expo Line Phase 2, set to open in early 2016. Three of the seven new stations being built…
This past Sunday members of the Expo Bicycle Advisory Committee (Expo BAC, of which I am a member), and a few members of Santa Monica Spoke, rode the length of the Expo phase II corridor led by Stephen Villavaso, an…
With Phase II of the Expo Line rapidly making its way into Santa Monica, it’s clear that we are in need of a safe, low-traffic route to get from the Bergamot area to downtown Santa Monica and the beach. Beyond…
