For the next few days we’re going to be shining the spotlight on the finalists of the Transit Flicks Video Contest, hopefully encouraging you to view all the videos and to vote for your favorite. In the spirit of neutrality I’ll be presenting the videos in reverse alphabetical order based [continue reading]
The folks at the Heritage Square Museum are throwing a FREE concert Thursday evening featuring the Susie Hansen Latin Band – and they’re offering a free gift from their gift shop to Metro riders who attend. Here’s more info from the event organizers: Electric violinist Susie Hansen plays fiery Latin [continue reading]
Yesterday we launched our new survey series, asking you – dedicated Source reader, Los Angeles resident and taxpayer – why you ride (or don’t) Metro’s mass transit system. So far the response has been fantastic. The responses have been smart, thoughtful and candid. We’ve already received enough results to post [continue reading]
Photo by Falk Meinhardt, via Flickr Looks like it was a busy day in East London, South Africa, when Falk took this photo in 2008. This is also “art of transit’s” first visit to Africa. Among the continents, that means we still need to hit South America, Australia and Antarctica [continue reading]
In early July we thought one of L.A.’s best news sources (and one of our favorite blogs) for local alternative transportation stories was logging off. But Damien Newton over at Streetsblog Los Angeles managed to save the blog and is throwing a party and fundraiser to celebrate. I checked the [continue reading]
We’ve already received a tremendous response to our ‘Why You Ride (or Don’t Ride)‘ surveys so we’re going to go ahead and start posting the results. ‘Why You Ride (or Don’t Ride)‘ is a series where you, our faithful readers, share your transportation routines in L.A. and your thoughts on [continue reading]
We want to know: Why Do You Ride? Take this survey if you’re a regular transit rider. Why Don’t You Ride? Take this survey if you don’t take transit regularly. For the last month we’ve been sharing stories of Metro employees who use transit to get to work in our [continue reading]
Know any good restaurants near Metro Rail stations? Send us your suggestions including the restaurant name, the station stop and your favorite food. We’ll share it with the world on our soon-to-debut dining map. If you have a great picture, we may post that, too. Send suggestions to sourcemetro@gmail.com Write [continue reading]
Photo by Jimi Glide, via Flickr There’s a nice backstory to this photo of a man at an Atlanta bus stop — go to the link at Flickr above and give it a read. If you would like to a submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them [continue reading]
Seven finalists have been chosen for the Transit Flicks Video Contest, and now it’s time for you to decide which video is worthy of the Grand Prize: a free EZ transit pass good for one year of travel on Metro buses, Metro Rail and many other carriers throughout the region. [continue reading]
