Go Metro to the Space Shuttle Endeavour's last ride
The Endeavour on the move early this morning. Photo by Juan Ocampo for Metro. View Mission 26: The Big Endeavour in a larger map The space shuttle is currently parked in a lot at La Tijera and...
View ArticleSpace shuttle Endeavour move in time-lapse
Great time-lapse video from the office of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
View ArticleGo Metro to Taste of Soul on Saturday
Taste of Soul, oone of L.A.'s largest street festivals, takes place this Saturday, Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Running down Crenshaw Boulevard between Stocker and Rodeo Road, visitors can sample...
View ArticleMetro bus detours for Kingdom Day Parade on Saturday, Jan 19
This year’s Kingdom Day Parade will be held on Saturday, January 19 from 10:15 a.m. to 1 p.m.The parade will begin at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Western Avenue and travel west along Martin...
View ArticleSouth Bay Service Council hosting special meeting Wednesday evening to...
The Metro South Bay Council will host a special evening meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, February 27, at 6 pm to receive public input on Metro Lines 210 and 710 serving Crenshaw Blvd. All of the Metro...
View ArticleMetro staff make contract recommendation for firm to build Crenshaw/LAX Line...
Click above to see larger. Note: the Metro Board decided in May to build the Leimert Park and Hindry stations. Metro today provided the agency’s staff recommendation for a contractor to build the...
View ArticleThen & Now: Streetcars along the Crenshaw/LAX Line alignment in the mid-1950s...
For those who were interested in yesterday's “then & now” post from Florence Avenue, below are a few more then & now photos taken along or near the alignment for the Crenshaw/LAX Line project...
View ArticleArt of Transit
The intersection of La brea, Market and Hawthorne. La Brea and Arbor Vitae. Photos by Gerald Hunter, via submission Street work on La Brea in Inglewood in recent days has churned up the old streetcar...
View ArticleThen & Now: in L.A. getting rid of streetcars easier than getting rid of...
Looking west from Crenshaw Boulevard, just south of 67th Street. Photo by Alan Weeks, via the Metro Transportation and Library’s Flickr stream. Click above to visit. Photo by Metro. Looking north at...
View ArticleAnd so it begins: ground is broken for 8.5-mile Crenshaw/LAX Line
Click to view slideshow. The groundbreaking of the Crenshaw/LAX Line was held Tuesday morning adjacent to the Expo Line’s Crenshaw station. Video is coming later today and we posted to our Twitter and...
View ArticleVideo of this morning’s groundbreaking event for the Crenshaw/LAX Line
And here is video of this morning’s groundbreaking for the Crenshaw/LAX Line. There are nice comments about mobility — and the need for more of it — from U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx,...
View ArticleTransportation headlines, Wednesday, January 22
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View ArticleTransportation headlines, Tuesday, March 4
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View ArticleTrees to be removed for Crenshaw/LAX Line along Crenshaw Boulevard
We posted last week about plans to remove about 135 trees along Wilshire Boulevard to accommodate the first phase of the Purple Line Extension. This week we are posting about similar tree removal...
View ArticleTransportation headlines, Thursday, April 3
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View ArticleMajor construction of Crenshaw/LAX Line to begin Friday; here is what you...
Here is the news release from Metro: Major construction will begin Friday, May 2 on Metro Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project starting with work on the underground stations on Crenshaw and Martin Luther King...
View ArticleReminder: Crenshaw Boulevard closures begin tonight for construction of light...
This it, folks: Major construction of the Crenshaw/LAX Line begins tonight. That means there will be street closures along Crenshaw Boulevard, as shown in the above map, in order to accommodate the...
View ArticleLADWP to implement 24-hour lane closure on southbound Crenshaw Boulevard this...
Here’s the announcement from the Crenshaw/LAX Line project team: In order to continue advanced utility relocation for the Crenshaw/LAX Line, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will implement...
View ArticleTraffic rerouting on Crenshaw and Exposition Blvd for underground station...
Here’s the press release from Metro: Construction will begin on Friday, May 30, on the Metro Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project at Crenshaw and Exposition boulevards with a 15-hour full street closure to...
View ArticleMetro officials say they will continue to help firms along Crenshaw Boulevard...
As we noted earlier this week, more intensive construction work began Monday on the Crenshaw/LAX Line. The work involves closing the east side of Crenshaw Boulevard between Martin Luther King, Jr....
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