Sure, riding Metro saves you from the stress of traffic, reduces your environmental impact and lowers your monthly transportation costs – but did you know it also entitles you to a bunch of great deals around L.A.? That’s what Destination Discounts is all about – and The Source is here [continue reading]
Ah, to be hip and trendy…or not. Check out this post at BikePortland.org about a new General Motors ad campaign for its college discount program that mocks — get this — cyclists and pedestrians. Hmm. The screen shot above of a pedestrian getting a puddle bath by a passing GM [continue reading]
The California Science Center in Exposition Park this morning welcomed Space Shuttle Endeavor Commander Mark Kelly (husband of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords) and three other mission astronauts at a private ceremony for Endeavor’s title transfer from NASA to the Science Center. Also on hand to celebrate were L.A. Mayor and [continue reading]
The news release is below. It’s about a 45- to 50-minute trip on the Rapid 761 between Pacoima and Sherman Oaks at present — this project aims to speed that up: Metro, in cooperation with the city of Los Angeles, will hold three community workshops in late October to inform [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Model Street Manual: A road map to sustainable transportation planning (L.A. Streetsblog) Progressive transportation planners heralded the launch last week of the [continue reading]
I stumbled over this photo of a poster on Tumblr this morning. It’s been kicking around the Internet for years — I think it was originally produced in Germany — but the message certainly never gets old. It’s hard not to think about it in the wake of the most [continue reading]
photo by BrickandtheWall, via Flickr Go ahead and guess the picturesque city where this photo was taken. Answer is after the jump. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet it to @metrolosangeles with an #artoftransit hashtag. [continue reading]
President Obama on Tuesday announced an expedited federal review of the Crenshaw/LAX Line, which could allow the project to begin construction earlier and create jobs sooner. Metro officials have previously said the Crenshaw/LAX Line is on track to begin construction in 2013. It is scheduled to open in 2018 under [continue reading]
Tuesday, October 11 201 102, 110, 111/311, 611 – Florence Station Bus Stop Relocation 92, 96, 201 – Silver Lake: Glendale btwn Riverside-Waverly 460 – Nightly Detour 180/181, 264/267, 686/687 Gold Line – Late Night System Maintenance Green Line – Midday System Maintenance – Every 17 Min Purple Line – [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Caltrans: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will conduct a full freeway closure tonight on the Long Beach Freeway (I-710) in both directions from the Glenn Anderson Freeway (I-105) to Atlantic Avenue/Bandini Boulevard from 11 p.m. until Tuesday (10/11) at 5 a.m. The full closure [continue reading]
