photo by Zach Behrens, via Instagram Nice spring-themed photo taken earlier this month of the bike path along the Orange Line. 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. Many [continue reading]
It should be quite a Sunday morning this week in downtown Los Angeles. First, downtown is hosting the eighth and final stage of the Amgen Tour of California bike race, which begins in Beverly Hills, travels through Hollywood and is scheduled to finish near L.A. Live between 11:45 a.m. and [continue reading]
photo by Bjustin, via Instagram Nice photo taken earlier this week of the super moon and the 39 bus in Boston. The moon is a tough sucker to capture well in photos. From the Dept. of Self Promotion, here’s one of my stabs at the super moon taken above Altadena [continue reading]
Start your Friday with a little spirit – Delta Spirit, that is. The indie rock band from San Diego is playing at The Music Box at Fonda Theatre. The show starts at 8 p.m. and tickets are $21.50. (Metro Red Line to Hollywood/Vine Station, Metro Bus 180, 217 to Hollywood/Gower.) [continue reading]
I love it that people are starting to think of creative ways to enjoy the new Expo Line. Discover LA took a ride and came up with stuff to do all along Expo … even in Culver City, which won’t open until this summer. But not a bad idea to plan ahead. Check out [continue reading]
Here’s a panorama I snapped of Culver City Station last Friday using an iPhone app called DMD Panorama. As you can see, work is progressing nicely and the station is likely to open by summer.
Head to the Natural History Museum this Friday night for this month’s First Friday. The museum will stay open until 10 p.m. and offer a program of scientific discussion, a behind-the-scenes tour and live music. Tours this Friday start at 5 p.m. and feature “Lovely Bugs,” and the discussion at [continue reading]
photo by Anton Novoselov, via Flickr creative commons What can I say? I have a thing for photos of rural bus stops. Guess the location of this one — answer is after the jump. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email [continue reading]
Leave the driving (and train operating) to the pros this Cinco De Mayo by taking Metro to The Greek Theater for the 1st Annual Los Lobos Cinco De Mayo Festival. You probably recognize the name Los Lobos, but you might not recognize one of their special guests, Mariachi El Bronx. [continue reading]
Looks like many, many dozens of people who rode the Expo Line this weekend also got their photo taken by Snap Yourself, a firm that specializes in taking pics at big events and posting them on Facebook. The above is a screengrab that only shows a few of the [continue reading]
