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]
Below is the news release from Metro on how to get to Ciclavia. Please note that normal fares apply on Sunday. 12 Metro Rail Stations provide service on/near CicLAvia event route. Metro bus lines impacted by street closures. Go Metro and continue your car-free experience to and from CicLAvia in [continue reading]
photo by Pascal Granjon, via Flickr Another nice iPhone photo taken at the Ermont-Eaubonne train station, about 12 miles northwest of Paris. Pascal used the Hipstamatic app with the Lucifer VI lens and Alfred infrared film with no flash. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it [continue reading]
CicLAvia weekend is here Source readers, but there’s lots of other stuff to do before the big event on Sunday. Like movies? Tonight check out the John Leguizamo in Person at the Egyptian Theatre (Red Line). He’ll be discussing his role in the movie Moulin Rouge. CicLAvia isn’t the only eco-friendly [continue reading]
The news this week that the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) are teaming up to create a museum devoted to motion pictures is long, long overdue. Finally the birthplace of the film industry will have a proper and [continue reading]
Photo by Jeremy Whiteman, via Flickr Nice night work capturing a northbound Gold Line train at the Del Mar station in Pasadena. Jeremy used a Nikon D90 with a shutter speed of 1.8 seconds, f/8.0 aperture and 400 ISO. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it [continue reading]
photo by Zach Behrens, via Twitter / Instagram As per usual, a nice Instragram photo by Zach, taken earlier this month on the Blue Line. Look after the jump for another shot he took on the Blue Line. BTW, now that the iPhone is going to have an eight megapixel [continue reading]
photo by Blue_Moon_Rabbit, via Flickr Some kind of new iPhone is being announced later today by Apple, so I thought I’d post a nice iPhone photo today. This one was taken at the Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo and processed using the PhotoForge app. Very nice use of the tilt-shift effect. [continue reading]
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]
Photo by Philip A. Helm, via Flickr The World Cycling Championships were held in Copenhagen last month, giving Philip the chance to take this photo of the city being even more bike friendly than usual. Speaking of which, CicLAvia is this coming Sunday. It’s a great event — if you [continue reading]
