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Motion to Move Forward on Rail-to-River Bikeway Project up for Vote Thursday
In a motion before the Metro Executive Management Committee last Thursday morning, County Supervisor and Metro Board Member Mark Ridley-Thomas cited the successful "transformation of unused or abandoned rail right-of-ways into pedestrian access and bicycle routes" around the country and here in L.A. as support for his call that the Board direct Chief Executive Officer Art Leahy to move forward on the recommendations found in the 212-page feasibility study on the proposed Rail-to-River Bikeway.
October 22, 2014
Metro Diary: Every Day He’s Hustlin’
The well-dressed and good-looking young man with enormous glasses walked toward where I was standing at the front of the packed Blue Line car, gave me a wink and a smile, then turned around and began delivering his sales pitch for headphones to the passengers.
February 19, 2014
Man Dies Along the Blue Line; Safety Improvements Are Planned for Next Year
On Friday, September 27th, shortly after 6 p.m., 37 year-old Zenon Vazquez opened the gate and stepped in front of the Blue Line train at Vernon.
October 9, 2013
Balancing Safety, Security, and Saturation on the Blue Line
"Nobody uses it," Liz told me. "There's dookies in there!"
March 25, 2013
Two New Ghost Bikes Go Up to Honor Fallen Cyclists in South L.A.
Two new ghost bikes went up in South L.A. and Compton yesterday. One was to commemorate the death last month of Sylvester Henderson, 26, who was hit by the train while crossing the Blue Line tracks at the intersection of Grandee and Century Blvd.
March 14, 2013
Metro Diary: Three Trains, a Tourist, Some Eager-Beaver Sheriffs, and a Former Foster Child…All in the Space of an Hour
Whenever I travel in and out of LAX, I do my best to Metro my way there.
February 20, 2013
Will a Smooth Blue Line Ride Finally Come to Long Beach?
It is the wrong way to be advertising the use of public transportation--and to experience this egregious advert, one simply has to take the Blue Line through Long Beach. And if you're lucky, you'll only hit one or two lights as you watch individual commuters putt-putt past you while the entire Metro trains halts.
February 1, 2013
Sunday Stabbing on the Blue Line Spotlights Questions of Safety on the Trains
Sunday evening, at approximately 7:20 p.m., a 20-something year old man was stabbed by two women -- one in her early 20s and the other in her early 50s -- while traveling southbound on the Metro Blue Line.
October 1, 2012
Metro Diary: Planes, Trains, and Confusing Transfers with TAP
“Do you need any help?” I asked the tall Russian guy.
September 26, 2012