All you aspiring directors taking part in Metro’s Transit Flicks video contest, this is a friendly reminder that entries are due today. If you’re the avante-garde type who waits until the last minute because the pressure gets your creative juices flowing – you’ve got until the end of the day [continue reading]
In the summer of 1990 I was 9 years old and nothing mattered more to me than the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. That’s why these early videos promoting the opening of the Metro Blue Line featuring none other than the Ninja Turtles are just so radical to me. Hat tip [continue reading]
Local transit blog PlusMetro caught up with sheriffs patrolling the 7th Street Metro Center Station equipped with new Nokia cellphones that validate TAP cards – the same technology we mentioned in our TAP post last month. Blogger Jung Gatoona witnessed a number of people receive citations as inspectors quickly checked [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_kNj34U93o[/youtube] Catch a preview of Metro Rail’s 20th birthday in Summer Metro Motion — Metro’s quarterly cable TV show featuring stories about transportation issues and achievements across Los Angeles County. Through old footage and new, Summer Metro Motion celebrates the 20th birthday of Metro Rail — the first line in Metro’s modern [continue reading]
This Sunday, June 27, is Metro’s bi-annual service “shake-up” where bus routes are adjusted, timetables are tweaked and some lines disappear while others are born – all in the name of trying to enhance service and efficiency. And, quite frankly, to make Metro’s service more financially efficient, too. The big [continue reading]
[youtube width=”600″ height=”364″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83lgEStMlaE[/youtube] I made it down to Union Station yesterday morning to see what the Mayor and Metro officials had to say about Dump The Pump Day – watch the video above if you missed the event.
Tomorrow is National Dump the Pump Day – a day set aside to encourage people to try public transit instead of driving. The idea, one we like to promote around here on a daily basis, is that switching to transit can save you money and reduce your oil consumption. Of [continue reading]
In Vancouver this past weekend the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) held its annual Rail Conference – an event which includes the International Rail Rodeo. The Rail Rodeo is a competition that puts rail operators and maintainers to the test, and shines the spotlight on these hard working men and [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNPA0RlsR1g&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Metro is among several local transit agencies sponsoring a contest to see who can produce the best short video promoting mass transit. The grand prize is a one-year EZ transit pass. Please spread the word. This is a good chance for aspiring videographers, filmmakers and actors to add something [continue reading]
Recently we asked readers to choose their favorite color name for the Expo Line. While Aqua received the bulk of the votes, many readers suggested that maybe it was time to move away from color names to a naming convention that used numbers or letters instead. It’s a logical suggestion, [continue reading]
