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Downtown Metro B/D Line Subway Service Suspended This Weekend For Electrical Work
Metro is temporarily closing DTLA B/D Line stations and SGV A Line stations - all to get ready for new extensions opening soon
November 13, 2024
Eyes on the Street: Metro D Line Extension Sites Looking Like Stations
D Line extension Section 1 - four new miles of subway - is over 91 percent complete and will open in late 2025
August 12, 2024
Metro Committee Approves $225M Cost Overrun for Westside Subway Section 1 Construction
Wilshire subway 4-mile extension section 1 (Western to La Cienega) budget swells from from $3.14B to $3.35B. Section construction is 91 percent done, now anticipated to open fall 2025
May 16, 2024
At New Wilshire Subway Stations, Metro Ignoring L.A. City Street Standards
Metro rail construction appears to follow city street standards only when they mandate increasing car capacity, not when standards mandate safety and walkability
January 25, 2024
Advocates Envision Converting San Vicente Boulevard to Linear Park
San Vicente Park would be a three-mile-long linear park with plazas and recreational space, plus bike and walk trails connecting to future Metro stations.
January 13, 2023
February 2022 Metro Board Meeting Recap: Railyard Overrun, Unarmed Security, and More
Transit policing, B/D Line turnback yard, N. 710 Freeway funding for multi-modal projects, Eastside L Line extension, bike parking, J Line electric buses, and Local Small Business Enterprise Program
February 25, 2022
New Unofficial Metro Projects Progress Video
Watch this 12-minute video by Nick Andert to better understand Metro progress on rail and Bus Rapid Transit projects
April 27, 2021
How Metro Successfully Tunneled Through Challenging Conditions For First Wilshire Subway Extension
Purple Line Extension Section 1 saw heroic efforts to probe conditions, avoid obstacles, and clear heavy steel beams in the way. Sections 2 and 3 follow.
March 29, 2021
Metro Expects to Finish Purple Line Extension Section One Tunneling This Week
Some new details emerged last week on Metro's herculean task of tunneling below Wilshire to extend the Purple Line subway.
March 23, 2021
Metro Committee Approves $200M Cost Overrun for Purple Line Subway Extension
Tunneling under the La Brea tar pits area is slow and expensive. The overrun of $200M - a seven percent increase - takes the project budget from $2.8 billion to $3.0 billion.
August 21, 2020
