photo by Marco Bonito, via Flickr creative commons Nice Instagram photo taken in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The tilt-shift effect works pretty well, although not as toy-like as some train photos I’ve seen on Flickr. Check out the tilt-shift miniature fakes group in Flickr — especially this pic. To submit a [continue reading]
Once the Expo Line opens, the University of Southern California is going to be extremely easy to reach with three stations in the immediate area: Jefferson/USC, Expo Park/USC and Expo/Vermont. This is great news for students, but what about the people who aren’t there for class? Movie buffs can visit [continue reading]
It’s Oscar weekend, and if you’re like me, you’ll probably be avoiding Hollywood like the plague. For those of you not busy watching all those Oscar-nominated movies before Sunday, here are a few activities around town. The Last Bookstore, a used book buyer/seller located in downtown’s Historic Core, is hosting [continue reading]
Over the past year or so, I’ve gotten to know Joe Linton as an advocate for biking, walking and transit in L.A. through our work together on the board of the Southern California Streets Initiative, the non-profit publisher of LA Streetsblog. But there’s another side to Joe beyond advocate — [continue reading]
With a long President’s Day weekend ahead for many of us, why not take advantage of the extra night by going Metro to live music? Consider taking Metro to the House of Blues – Sunset on Sunday night to see the reunion tour of British glam-rock band The Darkness (of “I [continue reading]
The new stop began on Wednesday. Here’s the news release from Metrolink: Los Angeles – On Wednesday, Feb. 15, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) added a stop at the Sun Valley Metrolink station on its Line 794 Rapid bus operating between Downtown L.A. and Sylmar. This means more [continue reading]
Everyone loves a three-day weekend, and here are some ideas for you to get started on yours. Downtown Independent, a small theatre located near downtown’s Old Bank District, is hosting LAconic Fest on Friday. This short film festival will be premiering three independent local films – Altair, Gabriel’s Kiss and Time Becomes [continue reading]
photo by shaggy359, via Flickr creative commons Nicely composed photo of a pedestrian and bike bridge over railroad tracks — known as the Carter Bridge — in Cambridge, England. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet [continue reading]
Despite the cold and wet weather this morning, spirits were high among the 20 Eagle Rock Elementary School second-graders as their teacher led them onto the Chinatown Station platform. The kids had been studying Chinatown in the classroom and thanks to Metro’s Student Field Trip Program they now had the [continue reading]
photo by The Dude Abides, via Instagram Today’s photo is from the, uh, Dept. of Mixed Messages. I’m sure the movie is great even if it looks like a re-hash of “Training Day.” The rail car is on a siding for the Gold Line adjacent to Los Angeles Historic State [continue reading]
