Los Angeles Metro

Expo Excitement and Expectation

Ron Radziner, FAIA and Anna Hill | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Los Angeles, Public Transportation, La-Expo-Line, LA Subway Expansion, Los Angeles Metro Line, Los Angeles Metro, La Around Town, La Impact, Los-Angeles-Expo-Line, Los Angeles Metro Rail System, LA Public Transportation, Los Angeles News

With the opening of the Expo Line in Los Angeles this past weekend, Southern California might finally be able to shed its image as a place where the car dictates the way we travel, and build.

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The End Of Honor In Los Angeles

AP | ANDREW DALTON | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: La Metro, Los Angeles Metro, Los Angeles Subway, LA Subway, La Metro Honor System, Los Angeles Honor System, Los Angeles Metro Tickets, Video, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — A vote to end the unusual honor system used on the Los Angeles subway and light-rail system has been put off. Metropolitan Transp...

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Why A Tunnel Is Being Built Under Beverly Hills High School

Beverly Hills, CA Patch | Marie Cunningham | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Westside Subway Extension, Los Angeles Subway, Los Angeles Metro, Beverly Hills High School, Los Angeles News

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority released a report Wednesday on the Westside Subway Extension's seismic and safety issues that favors a Const...

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One Stop Closer On The Light Rail To The Sea!

Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Downtown La to Santa Monica, Los Angeles Metro, Antonio Villaraigosa, Expo Light Rail Line Phase 2, Subway to the Sea, Expo Light Rail Line, Los-Angeles-Expo-Line, Los Angeles News

The Expo Line Light Rail isn't the long-awaited "subway to the sea," but it may as well be. After all, the Expo Line is a lot closer to reality th...

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Planes, Trains And.. No More Automobiles?

Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: LAX Metro, Los Angeles Metro, LA Metro Green Line, Green Line, Los Angeles News

LA'ers, the horrifying commute to LAX might soon become obsolete. Picture it now: no more packing snacks for the inevitable Friday traffic jam, no mor...

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HuffPost LA: Your Guide To All Things Carmageddon

Posted 09.15.2011

Read More: 405 Freeway Closure, Carmageddon, Pch, Los Angeles Metro, 405 Highway Closure, Sepulveda, 405 Closure, Los Angeles Public Transportation, Los Angeles News

We're hours away from "Carmageddon," the 53-hour period when the 405 freeway between the I-10 and U.S. 101 freeways will be shut down. From Friday, Ju...

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AT RISK

LA Daily News | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Highway 101, Los Angeles Transportation, Highway 10, Los Angeles Metro, California Budget Crisis, Los Angeles Carpool Lanes, Los Angeles Traffic, Carmageddon, Los Angeles News

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and other agencies could run out of money to complete the San Fernando Valley's Orange Line bus extension an...

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Beverly Hills Hires Top PR Firm To Move Metro Line Away From School

Beverly Hills, CA Patch | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Beverly Hills Metro, Beverly Hills Board of Education, Century City Subway, Los Angeles Metro, Los Angeles News

The Beverly Hills Board of Education has started a social media campaign to inform the public about the benefits of having a Century City subway stati...

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LA Metrolink Victims Receive The Maximum Settlement

AP | DAISY NGUYEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Metro, Connex, La Metrolink, Metrolink, Los Angeles Metrolink, Ntsb, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge's approval of a $200 million settlement fund for victims of a Metrolink commuter train crash was finalized this we...

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A Parent's Guide to Public Transportation in LA

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Transportation, Los Angeles Transit, Los Angeles Subway, Los Angeles Metro, Tunneling, Los Angeles Public Transportation, San Bruno Fire, World Trade Center, Pentagon, 9/11, 30/10, Los Angeles News

Prone as we are in LA to earthquakes, fires, floods, civil unrest and terrorism, there are many risks associated with life in the big city. Tunneling under a small portion of Beverly Hills is not one of them.

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Coup For 30/10 Initiative: LA Wins $546 Million Federal Loan For Metro

Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Mta, Senator Barbara Boxer, Los Angeles Metro, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles Public Transportation, Los Angeles News

$546 million in public transportation funds are coming to Los Angeles via the Tiger II grant, a federal loan from the U.S. Department of Transportatio...

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From a Benz to the Bus

Jennifer Ketcham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mass Transit, Los Angeles Metro, Pornstars, Public Transportation, Porn Stars, Cars, Los Angeles Bus, Public Transit, Los Angeles News

Nine months after leaving the adult industry, I realized I had to give up my true love. During my career as a Porn Star, I'd driven just about every car one could ever wish to drive.

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