‘Why I Ride‘ is a series where Metro employees share their transit routines – read more about the concept here. Name: Paula Faust Position: TAP Adminstrator How often do you take transit? Five days a week. On rare occasions I do have to drive my car. Not very happy about [continue reading]
Welcome to the weekend – the perfect opportunity to Go Metro. Why? Because of all the Metro accessible events, like the X-Games, free concerts just off the Gold Line, a neighborhood fair in Los Feliz and a collective jam (the kind you put on toast) making session at LACMA. Have [continue reading]
Photo by ipsofatso, via Flickr I had to look close at this shot before I realized it’s actually four different images that were taken with a multi-lens camera. The technique is often referred to as super-sampling and this photographer did a nice job of framing a Gold Line train at [continue reading]
‘Why I Ride‘ is a series where Metro employees share their transit routines – read more about the concept here. Name: Priscilla Jimenez Position: Graphic Design How often do you take transit? Five days a week. If so, what lines/routes? The Silver Line. Are you car-free? If so, why? If [continue reading]
Photo by Keith Goldstein, via Flickr This is the 25th photo we’ve featured in our “art of transit” series and the first from the New York subway system. Keith Goldstein got this nice shot at the 14th Avenue station on the 7th Avenue line — and he did it using [continue reading]
‘Why I Ride‘ is a series where Metro employees share their transit routines – read more about the concept here. Name: Dave Sotero Position: Public Relations How often do you take transit? Five days per week If so, what lines/routes? Antelope Valley Line [Metrolink], Metro Rapid 734. I also regularly [continue reading]
Photo by Jonathan C., via Flickr The only thing this photo from Toronto needs is a bus to go along with the streetcar, minivan and cyclist — all neatly captured in one frame earlier this month by Jonathan C. In an email to Metro about the image, Jonathan wrote: Just [continue reading]
Inspired by feedback from my post earlier this month on how to go car-free in L.A. I’ve taken it upon myself to find Metro employees who take transit regularly and find out why they do it and how it plays into the job they do for the agency. The goal [continue reading]
Photo by Chris Camargo, website / Flickr The above photo shows a 1.5-mile stretch of Vine Street in Hollywood from the Capitol Records building — the fins of the building in the far left in the foreground — to the El Royale building south of Melrose. In between, a Metro [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]
