Metro Lifestyle

Destination Discounts Weekly Picks

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]

The art of transit

photo by Ken Szok, via his Flickr photostream A very nice shot of a Metrolink cabcar on a recent March morning in Pomona. This is the third time we’ve featured Ken’s photography in our “art of transit” series. His other two photos — also of Metrolink trains — are here [continue reading]

Go Metro Weekends, March 25-27

Have an event you’d like us to include? Shoot us an email at thesource@metro.net. Time and space constraints limit us from listing every accessible event in this city, but this curated list represents what we think is cool and easy to get to. To plan your trip and to check all [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by SP8254, via Flickr I like weather appropriate photos and this one certainly qualifies as the Sierra Nevada continues to get pounded by snowstorms this week. The roads to Yosemite were closed for a time and Mammoth Mountain has set a snowfall record with 589 inches this ski season. [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Neil Pulling, via his Flickr photostream Nice use of color in this photo from Europe — the red train against the backdrop of the blue building. Go ahead and see if you can guess the city — there’s one obvious clue on the building that should narrow down [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Thomas F-A, via his Flickr photostream I took a look at this image on Flickr and said to myself “I bet that’s the subway in [fill in the blank]” — and then looked at the keywords to find that I was actually correct. Go ahead and take a [continue reading]

Destination Discounts Weekly Picks

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]

The art of transit

photos by Washington State Department of Transportation, via Flickr All the rain and snow in California this past weekend, led me to a search for snow plows on Flickr and these fine photos of the annual scouting trip by Washington State transportation officials to the North Cascades Highway. The road [continue reading]