Movement & Transportation

Late Night DASH and Red Line Start Tonight

By Eric Richardson — November 21, 2008 — 10 Comments

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In just over an hour, the Late Night DASH Holiday pilot makes its first runs around Downtown. The service connects the Historic Core, 7th / Metro Red Line station, LA Live and the Music Center, offering 10-minute service from 6:30pm to 3am.

Add in extended hours on the Red Line, which also kick off tonight, and Downtown's getting quite the temporary transit boost. — Continued Inside...


Get Ready to Ride: Holiday Late Night DASH Coming Friday!

By Eric Richardson — November 19, 2008
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Late Night DASH Map

|Photo Gallery| How's this for instant gratification? Late Night DASH for the Holidays is getting announced today, and the first buses will be rolling around Downtown on Friday evening. The six-week pilot program, to be formally announced at a press conference tomorrow afternoon, will allow riders to travel between L.A. Live, the Music Center, the Historic Core and the edge...


With Meter Rates Up, City Needs New Facilities to Count the Coins

By Eric Richardson — November 18, 2008

Parking Meter

Parking meter rates around Downtown doubled this summer, and the city's expecting similar changes citywide to net an additional $18 million in revenue. While new meter technologies make it possible to pay with a credit card in some locations, those new rates mean the city's having to handle quite an expanded load of coins.


Late-Night Red Line Holiday Service Brings Better Transit, Drink Specials

By Eric Richardson — November 17, 2008
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Late Night Red Line Press Conference

|Photo Gallery| "The first gift of the holiday season is here," Councilwoman Wendy Greuel told those gathered to welcome late night Red Line service. The new service kicks off on Friday, November 21, extending close on the Red Line between Union Station and North Hollywood to 3am. Greuel joined Council President Eric Garcetti, County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, Metro Chief...


City Staff Suggest Two Options for 6th Street

By Eric Richardson — November 10, 2008
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Sixth Street Viaduct

|Photo Gallery| Should the replacement design for the 1933 6th Street Viaduct be traditional or modern? City staff have narrowed a list of options down to two recommendations, one from each category. One design featured a traditional steel arch, while the other offers a modern cable-stay design.


DCBID Wants You to Appreciate Taxis

By Eric Richardson — November 07, 2008
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Downtown's six-month Hail-a-Taxi trial runs through February, but uptake has been slow. It's a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation -- the cabs aren't circling because people aren't out hailing, but how can people expect to hail when the cabs aren't there? The Downtown Center BID wants to jumpstart the process with a "Taxicab Appreciation Week," to run December...


Another Look at Scramble Crossings

By Eric Richardson — November 07, 2008
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Streetfilms today posted a video taking a look at scramble crossings in Los Angeles. Scramble crossings, also known as "all cross," "pedestrian scrambles" or "barnes dances," are intersections that have distinct phase where pedestrians may cross in any direction, including diagonally. Currently in use near UCLA and USC, the city plans to install several in...


Nighttime DASH Supported, But Not Yet Funded

By Eric Richardson — November 06, 2008
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Blurred Bus

The effort to bring nighttime DASH service to Downtown during the holidays continues. LADOT made a presentation on the topic today before a very small Transportation committee, consisting of just its chair, Councilwoman Wendy Greuel. Greuel urged the department and other council offices to find the $30,000 needed to run a pair of DASH services in conjunction...


Pay Stations Not DOT's Only New High-Tech Trick

By Eric Richardson — November 05, 2008

New Meters on 5th

|Photo Gallery| Pay stations aren't the only new parking tech to make a recent debut Downtown. Around the same time the multi-space stations began their impressive rollout, solar-powered single-space meters were installed in a one-block trial just off Broadway.


Angels Flight Cars Back on Track

By Eric Richardson — November 01, 2008
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Angels Flight Cars Return

|Photo Gallery| Olivet and Sinai are back by Bunker Hill today, returned to their Angels Flight home via flatbed trailer. The two cars were trucked over from the Arts District this morning, where they had been stored at Metro's Red Line yard. The cars' return marks the first visible sign that service might resume by the end of 2008.