Eyes off the Street: Expo Tracks in Northvale Trench

Photo: Jonathan Weiss
Photo: Jonathan Weiss

On Tuesday, Jonathan Weiss snapped this picture of the Expo Line tracks being placed in the Northvale Road trench. The trench runs along the southern end of Cheviot Hills and the track’s arrival is considered a construction mile stone by rail fans.

For comparison’s sake, check out this picture by Carter Rubin of the trench before Expo construction began.

ALSO ON STREETSBLOG

Eyes on the Street: Parklet Underway on Motor Avenue

By Joe Linton |
Last week, a new parklet opened in downtown L.A.’s South Park. The next People St parklet installation is already underway on Motor Avenue in Palms. The parklet pictured is in front of C&M Cafe at 3272 Motor Avenue, a block south of the Metro Expo Line Phase 2 and the Expo bikeway’s Northvale gap. Motor was improved […]

Closing the Exposition Bikeway Northvale Gap, Meeting Next Week

By Joe Linton |
When Metro’s 6.6-mile Expo Line opens in mid-2016, the parallel Expo bikeway will open too. Except where it won’t. Two stretches of Expo bike path under construction are nearing completion. Unfortunately there is a 0.7-mile gap between them. Next week the city of L.A. will host a meeting to receive input on plans to close the gap, […]

Open House Showcases Expo Bike Path Gap Closure Options

By Joe Linton |
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 before turning the open house over to L.A. City Transportation Department (LADOT) Senior Bicycle Coordinator Michelle Mowery. The crowd appeared to be about […]