Happy weekend Source readers. Your Saturday is filled with Metro accessible options: you can check out the grand opening of La Plaza de Cultura y Artes (save $2 off admission by going Metro), get all granola at the Pasadena Earth & Arts Festival (free reusable bag for going Metro), or [continue reading]
photo by Robert Gordon, via Flickr A simple and very well composed photo of a New Jersey Transit commuter train in New Jersey. The photo was taken with a Nikon D90 with a shutter speed of three-tenths of a second, aperture f/5.0, 58 mm focal length and 200 ISO. To [continue reading]
photo courtesy NASA Here’s the thing: the above headline may not be true at the moment. But it will be true and perhaps sooner rather than later. The Expo Line has a target date of a partial opening in November and has multiple stops in the Exposition Park and USC [continue reading]
Where we choose to live plays a giant role in our transportation choices. That’s why I was so interested in talking to Brigham Yen, a guy who could very well be L.A.’s only transit oriented real estate agent. In addition to helping people find their dream homes, Brigham is an [continue reading]
Why not? There are some good ones out there from this past Sunday’s bike ride and the initial CicLAvia last October. Here are a few: photo by workthe angles, via Flickr photo by David Lor, via Flickr photo by Eastsider LA, via Google Picasa photo by Waltarrrr, via Flickr photo [continue reading]
On December 16, 1896, a Welsh Colonel named Griffith J. Griffith gave the residents of Los Angeles an early Christmas present: 3,000 acres of wilderness from his Rancho Los Feliz estate. As far as I can tell, no other civic-minded gift has yet to top Griffith’s in the region’s history. [continue reading]
[youtube width=”600″ height=”368″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALstgajxMdI[/youtube] Whitney Lynn (aka @catahstrophic) is a Rail LA volunteer who decided the best way to get to the Rail LA booth at Sunday’s CicLAvia was to hop on the Red Line – for the first time ever. Check out this video she tweeted us to see what [continue reading]
National Library Week, April 10 to 16, is an opportunity to reflect upon our own good fortune here at Metro, where the agency’s library boasts one of the most comprehensive collections of transportation research, digital and otherwise, in the United States. In celebration of these centers of learning and the [continue reading]
[polldaddy poll=4890941] I missed L.A.’s first CicLAvia event last October because I was roaming the streets of some of Europe’s great cities including London, Paris and Amsterdam. What makes those Old World cities a welcome respite from L.A. is more than just their history or cultural institutions – it’s the [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 to [continue reading]
