© All Rights Reserved by Markus Bahlmann; used with permission Here is a great sunset photo from Shanghai showing a Metro Line 4 train arriving at the Baoshan Road Station. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them to Metro’s Flickr group or email them to sourcemetro@gmail.com. The [continue reading]
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 [continue reading]
photo by Jeff Johnston, via Flickr. Nice shot of the 134 freeway through downtown Glendale, taken by Jeff about 11 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. I like the red, white and blue lights in different parts of the image. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them [continue reading]
The infographic above is a visualization of the most common responses to the question, “Why do you drive?” in our Why You Don’t Ride survey. It really came down to two things for survey respondents: convenience and speed. Despite the recent report that L.A. has the worst traffic in the [continue reading]
[vimeo width=”590″ height=”300″]http://vimeo.com/8403535[/vimeo] This video shows a day in the life of transit in the greater Washington, D.C. area. Rahul Nair, a civil engineering Ph.D candidate at the University of Maryland, used the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) schedule and routing data to map out the movements of WMATA buses [continue reading]
In the latest issue of the L.A. Weekly a reader pressed Jonathan Gold, the Pulitzer Prize winning food critic for the paper, to suggest “the best neighborhood in L.A. to live in if you don’t have a car” with the caveat that the suggestion be “purely within the gastronomical interest.” [continue reading]
Celebrate “Year of the Rabbit” at Monterey Park on Saturday, January 29 and Sunday, January 30 and kick off the Chinese New Year with the traditional lion, dancers and fireworks. Onsite vendors will offer unique gifts and specialty items, food booths, amusement rides, and lots of live entertainment. Festival will [continue reading]
photo by Steve Hymon Although we call it “the art of transit,” we like to run photos of all forms of transportation. In that spirit, here’s a photo of something that used to be a road — specifically, the fire road along the Arroyo Seco above Pasadena. The wildfires of [continue reading]
photo by Atwater Village Newbie, via Flickr The photographer caught this photo on the bike path along the Los Angeles River. The pedestrians were part of a walk to look at public stairways in the Glassell Park area as well as the bike path when the cyclists came by and [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]
