I stumbled upon an article from the travel section in the UK paper The Independent, dated April 29, 2001, entitled Los Angeles without a car. In the article London based writer Jenifer Duncan recounts a visit to Los Angeles without a car despite warnings against doing so from nearly every [continue reading]
How has this thing not been used in an action movie? It’s the Bennie Railplane, a concept briefly tested in the 1930s near Glasgow. It never got funded and was never fully built. Here’s a good explanation at the Retronaut blog. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, [continue reading]
The Metro Board just voted to authorize free fares for all Girl Scouts in uniform on Oct. 29, 2011 in honor of their 100th anniversary celebration “Girltopia” at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Convention Center is just a short walk from the Metro Blue Line Pico/Chick Hearn Station. So the [continue reading]
photo by hkharbourcity, via Instagram Cool cell phone photo of the Star Ferry in Hong Kong. I’ve noticed that a lot of these photo apps provide nice texture to water scenes. 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]
We know readers have lots of questions about TAP. (You’ve sent in 40 comments on our turnstiles post since last week!) But if you think you already know a lot about TAP, you may want to check out a new video contest being sponsored by Cubic Transportation Systems, manufacturers of [continue reading]
Photo by tjdewey, via Flickr Nice use of color on this image of an old bus in Minnesota. “Twin City Lines” has a classy ring to it, too. 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 [continue reading]
Hungry yet? As regular readers know, a TAP card is more than just a slowly-but-surely-getting-better way to pay for rides on Metro. It also entitles riders to all kinds of great local discounts that we feature on The Source every Monday. One area we’ve neglected lately is the Destination Discounts [continue reading]
Photo by Hugo N., via Flickr A very cool pic of the Gare do Oriente in Lisbon, Portugal, where passengers can board the local Metro, high-speed rail and other inter-city trains. It was designed by the renowned architect Santiago Calatrava, who also designed the future train station at the World [continue reading]
All events are subject to change or may be be sold out, please check with the venue before making plans. A denotes an event with a Destination Discount – Go Metro and save! To plan your trip and to check all other transit options, please consult Google Transit or the [continue reading]
