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Metro Plans Nearly Two-Year-Long Little Tokyo Gold Line Bus Bridge For Regional Connector Construction
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
January 16, 2020
Metro Prohibits Bicycling/Walking On First Street In Little Tokyo
Metro needs to make First Street safe, instead of expecting cyclists to take a ridiculous detour
January 8, 2019
New from StreetFilms: Los Angeles: The Great American Transit Experiment
StreetFilms and TransitCenter explore L.A. transit successes and issues, and question what is needed to make transit better serve the county's future
October 9, 2018
Metro Retires Regional Connector Tunnel Machine
"Angeli" has completed work on two mile-long subway tunnels below downtown L.A.
January 19, 2018
#DamienTalks: Nisei Week and #GoLittleTokyo
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.
August 9, 2017
Metro Regional Connector Tunneling Machine Breaks Through at Grand
Today Metro celebrated the Regional Connector subway tunnel boring machine's breakthrough at the future Grand Avenue station in downtown L.A.
June 1, 2017
Metro to Decide Planned Regional Connector Ped Bridge by DTLA Broad Museum
Metro board committees are expected to move forward with a bridge to connect the Regional Connector station with Grand Avenue. The bridge would be immediately south of the Broad Museum.
March 13, 2017
Metro Construction Committee Pushes Rail Votes To Board Meeting Next Week
Metro is deciding several rail construction issues: budget increases for Crenshaw/LAX and Regional Connector, contract for Purple Line Extension phase 2, and possible future Arts District service.
January 19, 2017
Metro Lowers ‘Angeli’ the Regional Connector Tunnel Boring Machine
This morning, Metro celebrated the ceremonial naming and lowering of the Regional Connector subway tunnel boring machine. Metro's newest TBM - another is currently tunneling portions of Metro's Crenshaw/LAX light rail line - is named "Angeli." The winning name was proposed by Windsor McInerny, a student at Woodrow Wilson High School.
October 19, 2016
#DamienTalks the Regional Connector with Metro’s Community and Construction Relations Team
Today, #DamienTalks with Olga Arroyo and Jean Marie Hance with Community and Construction Relations for the Regional Connector Project in Downtown Los Angeles. With the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) going in the ground next week, it seemed the perfect time to connect with the Regional Connector.
October 11, 2016