Future Stations Of The Past: Downtown’s 1968 “Metroport” & Express Service To LAX
After profiling past plans for both a subway and aerial station at Wilshire & La Brea earlier this month, we turn our attention to Los
After profiling past plans for both a subway and aerial station at Wilshire & La Brea earlier this month, we turn our attention to Los
This past weekend marked the 50th anniversary of the last “Red Cars” running between Los Angeles and Long Beach. The Los Angeles Times ran an
This look back at plans for a Wilshire / La Brea Metro Rail station is the first in an occasional series focusing on “future stations of the past.” We want
Transit promotion is everywhere. The ever-expanding media universe and our constant contact with it provides ample opportunities to spread the word about the benefits
Earlier this year, Metro retired its last diesel bus from its fleet of over 2,2000 vehicles. At that time, we took a closer look at
The first reported instance of a woman working on Los Angeles streetcars occured during World War I, in May of 1918. She was recruited from
This Winter marks the 70th anniversary of the oldest freeway in the United States: The Arroyo Seco Parkway opened on December 30, 1940. Built during
Los Angeles Railway was not previously known as a socially progressive organization, nor were many other industries or job markets of the early 1940s. The
Forty years ago today, at 6:01 a.m., an earthquake near San Fernando measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale rolled across Southern California, leaving at least 65 dead and
Today marks the 20th anniversary of Metro’s Green Line groundbreaking. The 23-mile long rail line connects Norwalk in the east to El Segundo and Westchester