Recent Streetsblog LA posts about A Line (Blue Line)

Sunday Stabbing on the Blue Line Spotlights Questions of Safety on the Trains

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 1, 2012 | 3 Comments

Sunday evening, at approximately 7:20 p.m., a 20-something year old man was stabbed by two women — one in her early 20s and the other in her early 50s — while traveling southbound on the Metro Blue Line. Passengers that witnessed the altercation called security and requested a Sheriff meet the train at the Firestone […]

Metro Diary: Planes, Trains, and Confusing Transfers with TAP

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 26, 2012 | 33 Comments

“Do you need any help?” I asked the tall Russian guy. He was making a valiant effort to look nonchalant as he shifted his gaze back and forth between the Metro rail map at the Aviation/LAX stop of the Green Line and the directions printed out in his hand. He needed to get to Hollywood […]

Metro Bus 51 Collides with Blue Line, Sends 32 People to Hospital

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 27, 2012 | 5 Comments

According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, 32 people went to the hospital this morning after Metro bus 51 collided with the Blue Line. Of the approximately 650 people on both the bus and train when the incident occurred, most of those sustaining injuries had been on the bus. And, most of those injuries were […]

After Emotional Metro Board Meeting, Blue Line Safety Back in the Spotlight

By Damien Newton | Aug 7, 2012 | 14 Comments

“The deadliest light rail line in the country.” Metro’s Blue Line, which runs from Metro Center through South L.A. and Watts into Long Beach, has been involved in more than its share of crashes, both minor and fatal, since it opened twenty-two years ago. Regardless of who is deemed “at fault” in the crash, it’s […]

Metro Diary: Getting Harassed by THAT Guy

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jun 7, 2012 | 50 Comments

AS A FEMALE WHO tends to move unaccompanied through the city by bike or on foot, I get harassed. A lot. Several times a day. Every day. As in, I often can’t make a move in public without someone reminding me I have lady parts and/or offering to service them. The intrusions range from hilarious […]

Transforming Transit-Oriented Spaces into Theatrical Happenings: A conversation with the Artistic Director of the Watts Village Theater Company

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 20, 2012 | No Comments

YOU CAN SEE GOATS from the Blue Line, Guillermo Avilés-Rodríguez, Artistic Director of the Watts Village Theater Company (WVTC), told me excitedly. He knows this because “goats” were one of the items that participants had to spot for Metro Bingo, a game played as part of the immersive theater experience that is Meet Me @ […]

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