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Posted by Kim Upton on March 9, 2010 at 2:45 p.m.
Okay, we know from the photo ID that this bus is coming in from a turnout at Vermont, heading west/north on a Hollywood Freeway shockingly free of cars and structures. What we don’t know is when. Anyone have a guess? (The cars should be a clue.) The only thing that ...
Posted by Fred Camino on March 9, 2010 at 2:25 p.m.
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, a weekly feature here at The Source where we'll round up the latest Metro related tweets in the Twitterverse. To follow Metro on Twitter just search for @MetroLosAngeles. We recommend adding the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets to get our attention. This past week was a ...
Posted by Fred Camino on March 9, 2010 at 11:24 a.m.
Metro Mentions is a feature on The Source where we highlight advertisements we've stumbled upon that include Metro access information. Why? In this car-culture town, when local businesses and community organizations voluntarily go out of their way to include transit information in their ads, it raises awareness and informs people ...
Posted by Steve Hymon on March 9, 2010 at 11:03 a.m.
The Crenshaw Line light rail project isn’t scheduled to open until 2018 but the project is taking a small step forward today with the beginning of soil testing along the route. A fair amount of earth has to be moved as part of the project and, henceforth, Metro officials must ...
Posted by Steve Hymon on March 9, 2010 at 8:36 a.m.
The Infrastructurist offers up a list of the 10 most expensive transit projects in the U.S. over the past decade — although the website reserves judgment on whether the cost was worth it. Not surprisingly, all of them are rail lines. The Red Line subway clocked in at No. 5 ...
Posted by Dave Sotero on March 8, 2010 at 4:15 p.m.
Metro’s contractor plans to place additional k-rail on the right-hand shoulder of the I-405 Freeway as part of the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Widening Project. Work will only be conducted on the I-405 between the I-10 and U.S. 101, and is scheduled to begin Monday, March 8 and last for about ...
Posted by Steve Hymon on March 8, 2010 at 2:16 p.m.
There was a fairly sizable ceremony held today at Evergreen Cemetery to dedicate a memorial wall for remains of immigrants found during construction of the Eastside Gold Line Extension. The remains were first discovered in June 2005 at First and Lorena streets in Boyle Heights. Construction was halted and ultimately ...
Posted by Fred Camino on March 8, 2010 at 9:06 a.m.
The Boston Globe has an opinion piece that calls for the end of the anti-urban bias in national politics. For those who doubt such a thing exists, one only has to look at national subsidies of highways, homeownership and suburban school system – all of which lure families out of ...
Posted by Gayle Anderson on March 8, 2010 at 1:53 a.m.
The Metro Blue Line resumes normal operations at the start of service on Monday morning. Blue Line trains were not running in downtown Los Angeles this weekend due to construction that will eventually tie the future Expo Line into existing Blue line tracks. Drivers take note. The eastbound 18th Street ...
Posted by Fred Camino on March 5, 2010 at 5:30 p.m.
Observant readers will have noticed a couple of new items included on today’s Go Metro Weekends roundup: Metro Art Tours. These free tours, put on by the Metro Art Docent Council, celebrated their 10th anniversary last year. Metro says that over 25,000 visitors and Angelenos have gone on the art ...

Don't forget: Red Line Hollywood/Highland Station closed Sunday and Hollywood buses detoured to make way for Oscars. http://bit.ly/aukZqU
Reminder: No Blue Line service in downtown L.A. this weekend and next. Bus shuttles instead. Details at The Source: http://bit.ly/9tK8CQ
Metro seeks volunteers to help with Metro Orange Line Bike Study March 24 and 27. Register online at http://orangelinestudy.wordpress.com/
all buses have resumed regular routes.
fifth and hill st buses cleared. but sb spring st buses detoured onto LA street.
so far only buses on fifth and hill being detoured.
estimated 1000 people in pershing square. but pershing square metro subway station not crowded.
major delays downtown. allow extra time or avoid if possible.
no bus detours as result of ucla rally.
if you can take the red, purple or gold line, do so.
Last updated: 2010-03-10 08:40:06.127399
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