If you are headed out to celebrate the arrival of 2012 tonight, and your starting and end points offer convenient access to the Red, Blue, Purple, Gold, Green, or Orange Metro lines, you pretty much have no excuse to not take public transit tonight. more ›

Nine people were injured on Friday when a Metro Blue Line light rail train en route to Long Beach collided with a car just south of Downtown L.A. The incident occurred near Flower Street and 18th Street around 2:52pm when a sedan crossed into the train's path. more ›

The stabbing death of Jesse Garay aboard a Red Line subway train last month was the first killing on the rail system since it opened in 1993. Recently, the victim's mother filed a claim against Metro, accusing the transit system of lacking adequate safety. Now Metro has opted to release detailed crime statistics for the first time. more ›

If you're headed in or out of Long Beach this weekend via Metro's Blue Line, heads up, there's an important service change to make note of. Blue Line service in the area will be replaced by bus service this weekend due to City of Long Beach tree trimming maintenance work, says Metro. more ›

Thanks to almost a dozen Metro Green Line passengers, a teenage girl was able to evade an attempted kidnapping from the South Avalon station platform yesterday. The incident took place at shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday, says the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Transit Services South Bureau, and a suspect was detained soon after at the Imperial Wilmington Blue Line. The victim, however, has not contacted the authorities. more ›

At around 6:05 this morning, a female pedestrian thought to be in her 40s or 50s, was struck by a Metro Blue Line train in Watts, according to the LAFD's emailed reports. "The incident happened near the 103rd Street station, which was closed for hours as the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department investigated the crash," notes ABC7. The victim, whose name has not been released, was initially reported as being in critical condition and transported to hospital for treatment, however the Daily News reports she "died on the tracks" this morning. more ›

If you look both ways before crossing the street today near the Blue Line Station at Willow Street and Long Beach Boulevard, you're probably going to see a bunch of motorcycle cops from the Long Beach PD lying in wait to nab traffic and pedestrian offenders. It's part of a crackdown that got underway after 7 a.m. this morning aimed at citing illegal left turn violators, jaywalkers and distracted motorists (cellular phone and text users), Metro explains in a news release. more ›

If your weekend work or play plans include riding the Blue Line in or out of Downtown, take note: Several stations will be closed this weekend due to construction. Stations affected are: 7th Street/Metro Center, Pico, Grand, San Pedro, and Washington. more ›

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is taking a serious look at the safety of the Blue Line which is the most dangerous of the five rail lines, according to ABC Local. How dangerous is it? Since the Blue Line opened in 1990, it has been linked to 101 fatalities and 875 collisions. more ›

After approving the Westside Subway Extension, the Metro Board of Directors this afternoon also voted in favor of another major public transit project: a fully underground regional connector in downtown Los Angeles. The 1.9 mile light rail line would fill a gap missing in Metro's transit network. more ›

As expected, Metro today released the draft environmental reports for the Regional Connector today and for downtown residents and commuters it carries some good news: staff recommend taking the route fully underground instead of at street level. more ›

It was a hectic morning for public transit users traveling around downtown as incidents along three lines temporarily halted or slowed service. more ›

20 years ago today, Metro's Blue Line opened, marking the return of public transit by rail to the city, and signaling the start of decades of change ahead to grow and develop the system's network of lines and trains. more ›

Investigation of Wednesday's Metro Blue Line versus Long Beach PD patrol car crash has netted videotape footage showing the train running a red light, according to the LA Times. more ›

This afternoon a Blue Line train traveling southbound on Long Beach Blvd. near 16th Street collided with a Long Beach Police Department patrol car. The force of the train pushed the patrol car over 100 feet, according to a live report on KTLA. The officer is alive, conscious, and alert; it is not known at this time if he was en route in response to a call or why his vehicle was in the path of the train. Reports from the scene indicate that some of the Blue Line passengers are suffering from back pain. Responders from the Long Beach Fire Department are at the crash site, and an investigation is already underway to determine the cause of the accident. more ›

Metro late this afternoon warned that several buses will be impacted by the Lakers Championship game and that the Blue Line between downtown Los Angeles and Long Beach could shut down if conditions warrant it. "Blue Line passengers traveling to Long Beach can board a southbound Metro bus either [at] Grand Avenue and Pico Boulevard, or if conditions warrant, Main Street and Pico Boulevard and travel to the San Pedro station where they can board the Blue Line," stated a Metro news release. more ›

After complaints and concerns about plans to run place above ground in downtown, the option to put the regional connector underground was approved for study by a Metro committee yesterday, reports blogdowntown. The connector is a critical missing link for public transit commuters and would combine the Blue and Gold lines and the Expo and Gold Line Extension lines. To stay within budget, however, the underground option may mean one less station. The study must next be approved by the full Metro board. more ›

The Blue Line is notoriously known as most accident prone train in the city, if not the nation. Incidents involving cars and pedestrians make headlines quite often. In fact, the problem was enough to push Metro, L.A. County Sheriff's Deputies and LAPD to go on a public safety awareness campaign today, meaning they saturated an area of the light rail line and cited violator after violator. more ›

The Los Angles Fire Department is reporting a collision between a Metro Blue Line train and a vehicle. The crash, located near 1524 S Flower Street, was reported at 10:42 a.m. [Update: In an update, the LAFD said two vehicles colldied on Metro Blue Line tracks, but no train was involved. Northbound tracks are blocked. Two males were left with minor injuries.] more ›

LAPD detectives have released photos of 22-year-old Keith Nichols, a South Los Angeles man they believe has committed "at least four sexual battery assaults against young women while posing as a Vibe Magazine photographer," according to a press release. more ›

Construction this weekend to connect Blue Line and Expo Line track seems to have caused a problem and trains are now being delayed. The LA Times reports that some commuters might be facing up to a 40 minute delay between the Washington and 7th/Metro stations, with buses bridging commuters to al stations between. more ›

A woman in her 50s died this afternoon after she was struck by a northbound Metro Blue Line train in Watts. The incident, which occurred at 1:20 p.m. is being investigated by Sheriff's Deputies. Trains were delayed by 15 minutes and are now running on schedule. more ›

Thanks to a U2 concert at the Rose Bowl this Sunday evening, train service will be extended into the wee hours of Monday morning. 100,000 people are expected to descend upon the stadium and officials with the Rose Bowl and Live Nation--both which paid for the extended service--are encouraging fans to take public transit. more ›

If Metro's regional connector project is built, passengers will be able to commute between Pasadena and Long Beach without transferring from the Gold Line to the Red Line, then the Blue Line. Likewise, those traveling between East LA and Culver City (and maybe someday Santa Monica) will be able to skip a similar transfer process. That means faster travel times and more accessibility car-free. more ›

A series of public meetings about the Crenshaw Corridor (you know, a train from Wilshire Blvd. to LAX) have ended, but there still plenty of planning (and dreaming) to be had for public transit in the Los Angeles region. From bicycling to bus lanes to subways, here's a wrap-up of meetings that remain this month. more ›

Metro is sure putting on a good number of community meetings in October. From the Wilshire Bus Lanes project to the Crenshaw Line to LAX and now another one is set for a plan to overhaul the pedestrian experience at the second busiest rail station in the system (Metro/7th in downtown being the busiest) where the Blue and Green lines converge. more ›

An option for Metro's Regional Connector in downtown won't be officially chosen until sometime next year (probably summer or fall), but Little Tokyo community members are severely concerned over one of the proposals that would bring some major changes to the neighborhood. The regional connector would connect the Blue, Gold and Expo lines into a more seamless system. Trains would travel from Culver City to East LA and from Long Beach to Pasadena making Metro's rail system more efficient. Currently, the Blue Line and future Expo Line end at the 7th Metro Station and the Gold Line circumvents the eastside of downtown through Little Tokyo. more ›

The memorial for Michael Jackson tomorrow will require shutting down a large area around the Staples Center. Metro's Blue Line Pico Station sits at the corner of that closure and while they are preparing to run service as normal, they are prepared and warning commuters of the worst case scenario, meaning massive crowds forcing the trains to operate between Long Beach and the Washington station. "We're going to run the blue line until told not to," explained Metro Spokesman Rick Jager. "The biggest impact is the busses because they've cornered off a large area." Over 50 bus lines will be re-routed (details below). "We're really urging people to plan ahead tomorrow. They will probably be a lot of delays," said Jager. more ›

Starting next week and for four months after, Blue Line train service is going to be impacted as crews integrate the Expo Line, which will run between 7th/Metro station and Culver City, sharing two stations and track. Service will run every 30 minutes instead of the usual 20 on weekdays after 8 p.m. as crews work between the Washington and 7th/Metro stations. Weekend service will not be affected. The 8.5 mile line is expected to open in 2011 with the line extending to Santa Monica in the future. more ›

A collision between a Metro Blue Line train and a vehicle, possibly a pick up truck, left at least one person injured and transported to the hospital. At 1:25 p.m., the two collided near Washington and Main just south of downtown, but no train passengers were hurt. Two other people were in the vehicle, but their condition is unknown and the circumstances of the crash are under investigation. Last week, two pedestrians were killed when crossing the Blue Line tracks. If LAist is keeping tabs correctly, this is the 827th incident on the Blue Line since it opened in 1990. In the past, some LAist commenters believe this is purely an issue of survival of the fittest and others think Metro's safety standards are not up to par. more ›