Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Regional Connector

Regional Connector construction street closure on First Street at Vignes Street. All photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Eyes on the Street: Metro Regional Connector also Closing Streets for Faster Construction

By Joe Linton | Apr 27, 2020 | No Comments

Under COVID-19, Metro is closing L.A. streets downtown - in Little Tokyo and Bunker Hill - to speed rail construction. Also expediting Crenshaw construction. Early Foothill Gold Line extension work is also moving ahead.

Little Tokyo Regional Connector construction components - via Metro presentation

Metro Plans Nearly Two-Year-Long Little Tokyo Gold Line Bus Bridge For Regional Connector Construction

By Joe Linton | Jan 16, 2020 | No Comments

Metro will demolish the existing Little Tokyo Gold Line Station for a new underground station. Construction means closing 1.2 miles of the Gold Line, running a 22-month bus bridge, expected to start late 2020

Metro prohibits pedestrians and cyclists from this stretch of First Street in Little Tokyo. All photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Metro Prohibits Bicycling/Walking On First Street In Little Tokyo

By Joe Linton | Jan 8, 2019 | 2 Comments

Metro needs to make First Street safe, instead of expecting cyclists to take a ridiculous detour

Capture from the latest StreetFilm - view below

New from StreetFilms: Los Angeles: The Great American Transit Experiment

By Joe Linton | Oct 9, 2018 | 10 Comments

StreetFilms and TransitCenter explore L.A. transit successes and issues, and question what is needed to make transit better serve the county's future

Today Metro celebrated the retirement of Angeli, the Regional Connector's Tunnel Boring Machine. All photos - Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Metro Retires Regional Connector Tunnel Machine

By Joe Linton | Jan 19, 2018 | 7 Comments

"Angeli" has completed work on two mile-long subway tunnels below downtown L.A.

#DamienTalks: Nisei Week and #GoLittleTokyo

By Damien Newton | Aug 9, 2017 | No Comments

DamienTalks with Midori Mizuhara with Community Arts Resources and Cory Hayashi with the Nisei Week Foundation about this year's Nisei Week festival, which begins at the end of next week.

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