The time has come for L.A.’s second CicLAvia. This Sunday, April 10, bicyclists, pedestrians, joggers and skateboarders are expected to converge in the Downtown L.A. area for the nearly eight mile ride between Boyle Heights and East Hollywood. The event route will be the same as the first CicLAvia last [continue reading]
The 2011 Cherry Blossom Festival in Little Tokyo – featured prominently in this month’s Metro Monthly brochure found on buses and trains – has been postponed until September. If you’re looking for another cultural event to replace the Cherry Blossom Festival this weekend, check out our Go Metro Weekends roundup. [continue reading]
Don’t be a fool this weekend, ditch the car and take Metro. Here’s a suggested itinerary: tonight take the bus to First Fridays at the Natural History Museum and enjoy the perfect mix of science and music, tomorrow take the Red Line to experience a free Metro Art Tour in [continue reading]
photo by Harold R. Senthee, via his Flickr photostream That’s an inter-city express train in the foreground and the Cologne Cathedral dominating the background in this photo that nicely marries the modern age with the Middle Ages — construction of the Cathedral began in 1248 but the building as seen [continue reading]
Cambodian New Year is coming up fast and it’s a good excuse to learn to love another Asian cuisine. If you like Thai and Chinese, you should know that Long Beach is home to one of the largest Cambodian communities in the U.S. and has lots of great restaurants to prove [continue reading]
Last week we told you about Metro’s Developer Challenge – your opportunity to create the next great transit app with Metro’s open data and possibly win $2,000. Tonight we’re throwing a kick-off and Q&A event to get all app developer hopefuls up to speed on the specifics of the contest [continue reading]
photo by Dan Macy, via Flickr Here’s a nice slice-of-transit-life photo from…well, go ahead and guess the city. There are abundant clues in the photo. If those don’t help, here’s another one: Police Detective McNulty once trolled these streets. The answer is after the jump. To submit a photo or [continue reading]
photo by smoovebert, via Flickr I found this photo on Flickr of one of those long, character-less hallways at Los Angeles International Airport. The image was taken in 2006 with a Pentax Optio point-and-shoot and processed with Photoshop. As I’ve written before, I define “transit” loosely for our “art of [continue reading]
This is great news for Angels fans and those who enjoy American League baseball: Metrolink is adding round-trip special service between Union Station in Los Angeles and Angel Stadium in Anaheim. And the price is certainly right: $7 for a round-trip ticket — a good deal unless you really like [continue reading]
photo by Mark Englert, via submission Here’s a nice photo of the tram at the relatively new City Center development. As Mark noted in an email, the whole scene has a nice Jetsons feel to it. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them to Metro’s Flickr [continue reading]
