Metropolitan Transportation Authority

In a new development, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has decided to allow controversial advertisements arguing against the proposed construction of a mosque to appear on the side of New York City buses. The MTA released the following...

An unsavory chapter of local history was closed Saturday with the dedication of a memorial wall and meditation garden to honor the Chinese laborers and others whose forgotten graves were excavated during construction of the Metro Gold Line's Eastside...

The record heat in Los Angeles had firefighters battling a blaze in Thousand Oaks and left some residents without power. It was about 108 degrees in Thousand Oaks, where firefighters battled a 25-acre brush fire off the 101 Freeway. No......

'Sanity' in Pershing Square: On Oct. 30, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will take to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for dueling demonstrations. Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity will face off with Colbert's March to Keep Fear Alive in......

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s effort to accelerate construction of local transit projects advanced Friday when the federal government announced that it would loan $546 million for a planned light-rail project that would run from the...

The White House appears to be going to great lengths to prevent traffic tie-ups from President Obama's visit to Southern California on Friday by transporting him to two events on the Marine One helicopter rather than on local roads. Obama......

It's nearly impossible to say for sure when Los Angeles might come into its own as a post-suburban city, a place fully comfortable with multi-family housing and connected by a comprehensive mass-transit system. But one thing is for sure: The......

As the pace quickens for construction of the Westside subway extension, the city of Beverly Hills could prove to be a formidable obstacle for the long-delayed project. Citing potential hazards from the construction and operation of the new rail link,........

I've been taking the train into work for several years, but this morning my commute had its first-ever commercial interruption. It was a political ad, and not surprisingly it came from the year's biggest campaign spender, Republican gubernatorial...

After Tuesday's election, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa could have a tougher time securing federal aid for his plan to accelerate a dozen local transit projects, including the much-heralded Westside subway extension. That's because the Republican...

Advancing their experiment with toll roads, Los Angeles County transportation officials are considering more projects for local highways -- including a freeway on the Westside -- that would allow solo motorists to pay to use carpool lanes. A preliminary...

A male pedestrian was struck and killed by a southbound Blue Line light-rail train late Friday in Willowbrook, an unincorporated area near Compton, authorities said. The incident was reported about 7:40 p.m. near the 130th Street crossing, said Gayle...