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From the archives: With smog, without buildings

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 ...

@MetroLosAngeles Twitter Tuesday

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 ...

Metro Mentions: Alta Lofts advertisement

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 ...

Soil testing to begin on Crenshaw Line

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 ...

Transportation headlines, Tuesday, March 9

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 ...

I-405 K-Rail Placement Planned Starting March 8

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 ...

Dedication of memorial wall held at Evergreen Cemetery

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 ...

Transportation headlines, Monday, March 8

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 ...

Blue Line returns service to downtown L.A. after weekend closure

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 ...

Metro Art Tours offer a chance to experience some of L.A.’s best public art, for free

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 ...

March 08, 2010

Funcionarios públicos, líderes comunitarios y Metro honran a aquellos enterrados en camposanto común olvidado y descubierto durante construcción del tren ligero al Este de Los Angeles

March 08, 2010

Elected officials, community leaders, Metro honor those buried in long abandoned potter’s field discovered during Eastside light rail construction

March 03, 2010

City of Palmdale Receives Measure R Sales Tax Funding

March 03, 2010

Metro To Hold Community Meeting for Westside Subway Extension Optional Crenshaw Station March 17

March 02, 2010

Servicio de Línea Azul del Metro será cancelado desde la estación Washington hasta 7th/Metro Center por construcción de Línea Expo durante dos próximos fines de semana

March 02, 2010

Servicio de trenes y autobuses Metro será afectado por preparaciones de la ceremonia de los premios de la Academia

March 02, 2010

Metro Bus and Train Service to be Impacted by Academy Awards preparations

March 02, 2010

Full closure of Metro Blue Line service set next two weekends from Washington Station to 7th/Metro Center due to construction work on Expo light rail line

February 25, 2010

Regional Connector Underground Alternative Approved for Further Environmental Study

February 24, 2010

Metro, Pasadena City College Partner To Offer Students Affordable Transit Passes

February 24, 2010

Trabajo comenzara Viernes 26 de Febrero: Servicio de la linea azul del metro sera afectado debido a trabajos de construccion para enlazar con linea expo

February 24, 2010

Feb. 26-28: Metro Blue Line weekend service to be impacted as construction crews work on Expo Line connection

February 23, 2010

Cierre total de la autopista i-405 Martes 23 y Miércoles 24 de Febrero

February 23, 2010

Full Freeway Closures on I-405 1 to 6 a.m. Feb. 23-24

February 18, 2010

Metro Announces Settlement Agreement in Disability Discrimination Class Action Suit

February 18, 2010

Metro anuncia acuerdo convenido en demanda de grupo por discriminación sobre incapacida

February 12, 2010

Elevador de la estación Slauson de la Línea Azul del Metro estará fuera de servicio a partir del Lunes 22 de Febrero por reparaciones

February 12, 2010

K-Rail Placement to Begin on I-405 Sepulveda Pass Widening Project

February 12, 2010

Metro sostendrá juntas comunitarias de sondeo sobre el medio ambiente del 22 al 27 de Febrero sobre el Corredor de Transporte al Sector Este Fase 2

February 12, 2010

Metro on regular service schedule for President’s Day holiday Feb. 15

February 12, 2010

Metro ofrecera servicio normal el Lunes 15 de Febrero

February 12, 2010

Metro Blue Line Slauson station elevator will be out of service for repairs for six weeks staring Feb. 22

February 10, 2010

Metro sets environmental community scoping meetings Feb. 22-27 for Eastside Transit Corridor Phase 2

February 10, 2010

Metro to Host Bicycle Roundtable Feb. 19

February 09, 2010

Go Metro to Chinatown for Chinese New Year Firecracker Race and Get $3 Off Registration Fee

February 08, 2010

Feb. 12: I-405 Sepulveda Pass Widening Project Construction Notice of Night-time Work Activity

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