If you're in need of a good freak out, you might want to check out the scare-tactic video released a few days ago by opponents of Metro's proposal to put the Westside Extension subway tunnel underneath Beverly Hills High School. more ›

Metro bus riders, tomorrow's impending May Day will require you to do a bit of pre-planning to get to where you're going. The nationwide strike will locally take the form of a vast car and bicycle caravan from all four corners of Los Angeles with the goal of shutting down the city. As a result, bus services will experience detours and delays from 8am until 8pm. more ›

After a weekend of free rides, the 7.6 mile Expo Line between Downtown L.A. and its western stop at La Cienega Boulevard began its regular service today. L.A. City Councilman Jose Huizar and Metro officials planned to greet arriving passengers at the 7th Street station Monday around 7am with commemorative first day pins. more ›

in Downtown, where many of the city's light rail and subway lines have terminal points, not all the lines intersect. To make getting from one line to another easier, Metro has just approved plans for a connecting line. Thursday, The Metro Board of Directors certified the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Report for the Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project. more ›

As the Westside Subway Extension project lumbers ahead at its own draggy pace (hi, Beverly Hills!), it seems that Metro may have already gone against their own recommendations when it comes to where the portal to the Wilshire/Fairfax stop will be, and some say it's because the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) did some "arm-twisting." more ›

Feel like taking public transit? Why yes, there is an app for that, Los Angeles. Metro unveiled its newest free app "Go Metro Los Angeles" that helps you check for the nearest bus or train stop, figure out its arrival time using Nextrip and plan out a trip. more ›

Metro's Expo Line isn't open for just over one more week, but it has been involved in an injury accident today. A train on a test run late this morning struck a motorist who had apparently made a turn in front of the train, according to City News Service. more ›

This gave us at LAist HQ* a few chuckles, so in light of today's news that Facebook is acquiring Instagram (and all its new Android users, holla!) for the tidy sum of $1 billion, we are sharing this "Tweet of the Day" if you will, about a world in which Facebook bought one of Los Angeles' rail lines. more ›

If you like to drink at Dodger home games, unless you have a diligent designated driver, getting to the stadium can be tricky. While there is not currently a regular bus stop at the Stadium, Metro will be running their seasonal Dodger Stadium Express bus service for the third consecutive year. more ›

On Lankershim Boulevard between the Red and Orange Line terminal stations in North Hollywood, the crosswalk is pretty much always swarming, and the traffic backed up. In the spirit of problem solving born of lack of foresight, transit officials are only now looking into building an underground tunnel to link those two major transit hubs. more ›

Those 405 Freeway closures scheduled for last week have been rescheduled for this week, which means it's drivers, beware time (again). The overnight closures are slated for Friday and Saturday night, weather permitting. The on- and off- ramp closures will begin as early as 7 p.m. those nights, with lane closures beginning at 11 p.m. more ›

Metro swears the Expo Line will open soon, but they're still in the testing phase of the light rail route. Now Metro says they are expanding their testing to better simulate regular service on the line, and will be running test trains from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. seven days a week on a schedule of every 12 minutes. more ›

Sound familiar? Guy arrives in Los Angeles with a 10-year-old car and a head full of dreams of Hollywood, only to be bested by parking tickets and towing fines and then left to chase his stardom with a bus pass when the city hauls the car away. more ›

It's about to cost you twice as much to ride the world's shortest railway, as Angels Flight raises its fare to 50 cents, starting Monday March 12. more ›

The historic train depot at the corner of Chandler and Lankershim in the NoHo Arts District has sat, awaiting the kickstart of a much-needed restoration for years. Finally comes word that Metro is set to begin the refurbishing, and Phase one will start March 16. more ›

Angelenos, rest assured knowing a hardcore song dedicated to the maddening misery of L.A. freeways exists and is available to comfort you (and/or invoke excessive rage within you) during your daily commutes. It's Casual, an L.A.-based hardcore/metal/punk duo, sings screams an ode to the Metro Red Line in "The Red Line." more ›

Fare dodgers, your days of free rides on Metro subways are numbered: "The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board voted Thursday to look into finally locking the gates at dozens of subway stops," reports the Daily News. Their plan is to have the gates locked within six months. more ›

A motorist who drove about 80 MPH into a crowd of people atop a Metro bus platform failed his sobriety test, the California Highway Patrol announced today, and those results prompted the man's arrest. more ›

Thanks to what Metro is calling a "major" issue at daybreak today with the electrical system that powers the Blue Line, commuters planning to catch a ride on the rail line that connects Downtown and Long Beach this evening and tonight should know that while trains are running, it is not business as usual. more ›

Commuters who use the Metro Blue Line between downtown Los Angeles and Long Beach should know that an early-morning power loss is throwing a mighty wrench in the ride. more ›

Despite it being Presidents Day, Metro buses and rail lines are running on a normal schedule. Several institutions, however, are closed in observance of the federal holiday, and Foothill Transit lines are operating on a weekend schedule. more ›

A 40-year-old Metro bus driver allegedly dozed off at the wheel early Monday morning, hitting several obstacles in her path, including a bus stop, a few trees, speed limit signs, a solar panel sign and a light pole. more ›

A man was stabbed during a fight today on the Metro Green Line in Willowbrook. The fight broke out around 5:45pm on a moving train near the Avalon Station, according to City News Service. The suspect fled the scene, and the victim was transported to the hospital. more ›

Someone was stabbed at the Metro Red Line station today in downtown this afternoon. This is the fourth stabbing on Metro in the last few months. more ›

The Metro board approved a new policy today requiring that 40 percent of the work hours on its major transportation projects go to low-income and other struggling workers. It is the first transit agency that uses federal funds for a targeted hiring policy, according to City News Service. more ›

Hip, hip and almost hooray: The Expo Line is sooooo close to opening, and will get one step closer as of Monday, when the light rail service goes into what's called the "pre-revenue testing" phase. more ›