The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will implement many bus line detours and provide longer trains in support of CicLAvia this Sunday, April 15. The fourth official CicLAvia event in the Downtown L.A. area is designed to celebrate car-free enjoyment of public spaces for pedestrians, bicyclists, joggers, skateboarders [continue reading]
Turning your life into an impromptu musical has just gotten easier. Thirty pianos – one of which is located inside Union Station by the Starbucks – are decorated by local artists and community arts organizations. The pianos have just been placed throughout neighborhoods of L.A. County as part of the “Play Me, I’m Yours” [continue reading]
The Dodgers first regular season home game begins in less than an hour. Crowds are healthy for the Dodger Stadium Express between Union Station and the ballpark (more info about the bus service here). The above photo was taken about 11:45 a.m.
Here’s the news release: Metro will again offer Dodger Stadium Express bus service from Union Station in downtown Los Angeles to Dodger Stadium throughout the regular 2012 baseball season under a grant approved by the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC). The Dodgers opening day game against the [continue reading]
photo by Carlos Felipe Pardo, via Flickr creative commons Interesting view of bus rapid transit in Pereira, Colombia — there are even turnstiles to get to the loading platform for the ‘Megabus.’ Here’s some more info about the project. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post [continue reading]
Start Passover Friday at Rosa Mexicano and their fantastic Mexican Passover dinner. Bringing a new twist to traditional Seder specialties, chef Jonathan Waxman has created a menu that is kosher, unique and tasty. Some dishes include Huachinango “gefilte fish,” traditional red snapper dumplings served with pickled vegetables and jalapenos, and [continue reading]
photo by Steve Hymon/Metro I had been wanting to photograph a Gold Line train on the 1st Street Bridge with a rising full moon in the background. So I gave it a shot — pun intended — and came up with this. Not horrible, not great. It’s probably worth another [continue reading]
photo by Andrea Cline, via Twitter Nice and colorful iPhone photo of the North Hollywood Red Line station. 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 of the photos [continue reading]
photo by Steve Hymon/Metro This isn’t exactly a secret spot, but I had never visited the old Pacific Electric streetcar right-of-way in Silver Lake. About .8 miles of the old alignment still exists on open property between the 2 freeway and Fletcher Avenue — various developers have had no luck [continue reading]
photo by megachannel, via Instagram Nice shot of the Green Line’s Hawthorne Station along the 105 freeway, taken with the popular iPhone app. 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 [continue reading]
