There's ample evidence now that the Expo Construction Authority’s contractor Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc. have begun the next stage of construction of the Expo Line -- a bridge over Venice Boulevard Bridge.

The Venice Boulevard Bridge construction is anticipated to take approximately nine…

The paving of the parking lot of the Expo Line's Culver City station is now complete. As of this morning (it was foggy), the whole parking lot is open. Good thing! When it was divided in half, it filled up quickly! My personal thanks to all those who made it happen. 

Here's how it looked yesterday, when it was…

The east side of the Culver City Expo Line parking lot will be closed for a week staring on Monday, February 25, so that the lot may (finally) be paved. Then, the following week, the west side of the lot will be closed. Free Metro parking is also available at the nearby La Cienega /…

Architects Abramson Teiger have released new renderings of the complex of five retail and office building that will be built across Washington Blvd. from the Culver City Expo Line Station -- replacing the Branded Arts Building. Calling the project PLATFORM (exclamation point implied), the…

Bringing to an end our long Winter of The Muddy Shoes, the Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority has announced that it has entered into a contract with the All American Asphalt Company to pave the Culver City Expo Parking lot. None too soon. 

According to the Expo's Parking Lot Report -- shown in HERE on the thesource.metro.net -- the…

7. The Expo Line Opens

On June 7, the Expo Line connecting Culver City to downtown Los Angeles (and points in…

I was worried that when the rains came, the Culver City Expo Line parking lot would be a sea of mud. And sure enough this morning, my shoes were covered in mud before I made…

Thanks to Culver City Times member Steven Ng for pointing out that the Exposition Construction Authority has originated an 'Invitation for Bids' for a contractor to…

As one of the happy legion who take the Expo Line from Culver City to downtown Los Angeles, I have tried to be patient with the Culver City parking lot. I understand that the city has probably been reluctant to invest much money in improving the lot, since construction is supposedly eminent on a mixed-use development…

According to LA County Supervisor Zev Yeroslavsky's blog, ridership on the Expo Line Phase I, which runs from Culver City to downtown Los Angeles, increased 55 percent over the last three months. The line had 497,449 boardings in July, compared to 320,627 in May. Ridership rose on…

Watch this fun video made by Billy Vasquez, who blogs as the 99 Cent Chef, about the new food options that are available to Culver Citizens now that the Expo Line extends to our town.

Here's a video I took today of an Expo Line train making its way to the Culver City Expo Line Station. It's a day for celebration for Culver City. And back:

Here's some pictures of the new station:…

With the Expo Line’s Culver City station opening today, Wednesday, June 20, at noon, Culver City bus offers the above map reminding us that two Culver City buses stop near the Expo Line station:

• Culver City Line 1 runs along Washington Boulevard from Venice Beach in…

The day has finally arrived. The Expo Line's Culver City Station will open this Wednesday, June 20, at noon. Expo rides will be free that day for those getting on at Culver City.…

Reads the commentary: "On May 8th 2012 This is Raw UN-Edited Video of a Expo Test Train under its own power La Cienega to Culver City Station. This video was made with the Help of Metro staff."

Exciting stuff.

Some stills from the video:…

What do you think of the design of the stations on the new Expo Line, open now to La Cienega and scheduled to come to Culver City at the end of June? In an article both grumpy and trenchant, the…

The Expo Line opened to LaCienega Boulevard over the weekend, with much well-deserved fanfare and excitement. The Culver City station is expected to open over the summer, but in the meantime, there are 476 free parking spaces at the La Cienega Station, and the city…

Yep, that's an Expo Line rail car (stopped) high above Jefferson Boulevard -- west of La Cienega, in Culver City. I took this picture at about 5:30 on Thursday. Metro officials have said that they have entered the final phase of testing along the Expo…

Neal Broverman at LA Observed Curbed LA reports that despite rumors, the Expo Line testing is continuing more or less on…

According to LA.StreetsBlog.org and…