Another weekend, another load of Metro accessible stuff to do. Check out Streetsblog L.A.’s fundraiser this Friday and help out a great blog while meeting some people who care about improving transportation in L.A. On Saturday celebrate Japanese culture in Little Tokyo with the return of the annual Cherry Blossom [continue reading]
Metro Mentions is a feature on The Source where we highlight advertisements we’ve stumbled upon that include Metro access information. Why? In this car-culture town, when local businesses and community organizations voluntarily go out of their way to include transit information in their ads, it raises awareness and informs people [continue reading]
Don’t know how I missed this in this weekend’s roundup, but one of L.A.’s best festivals is tomorrow, and it’s totally Metro accessible – and it’s FREE. Songkran Festival at Thai Town Celebrate the Thai New Year with great food, cultural activities and Thai boxing! Website: http://www.thainewyear.com/en/ Type: Cultural When: [continue reading]
Celebrate the Easter weekend by leaving your car hidden away like an Easter egg. Lots of great stuff to do this weekend including a screening/party in honor of “The Big Lebowski”, the Blessing of the Animals at Olvera Street, a massive outdoor pillow fight and of course, FREE Metro Art [continue reading]
The new Dodger Stadium Express bus service will be in operation tonight as the Dodgers face the Cleveland Indians in a preseason game. Service from Union Station to Dodger Stadium will start at 5:40 p.m. – 90 minutes before the game begins at 7:10 p.m. – and run every 10 [continue reading]
Next up in our series of essential transportation links on the web: other transit agencies that are blogging. Although agency blogging is still in its infancy, Metro is not alone in the endeavor. In fact, some of the blogs here served as inspiration for The Source and continue to do [continue reading]
Although the announcement of bus service returning to Dodger Stadium was made a couple weeks ago, local officials held a press conference today to formally introduce the new service, paid for by a $300,000 state anti-smog grant. The basics: ticket-holders to Dodger games can take the bus for free while [continue reading]
Another great weekend for Metro accessible events – there’s some great freebies this weekend including free Korean tacos in Koreatown right near the Wilshire/Western Red and Purple Line Station. There’s also some fantastic music events all weekend. Have an event you’d like us to include? Shoot us an email at [continue reading]
We’ve listed a lot of free events this weekend including indie music performances in downtown Los Angeles, spirited human rights discussions in East L.A. and the story of Chinese food in the West over at the Central Library. Have an event you’d like us to include? Shoot us an email [continue reading]
Metro Mentions is a feature on The Source where we highlight advertisements we’ve stumbled upon that include Metro access information. Why? In this car-culture town, when local businesses and community organizations voluntarily go out of their way to include transit information in their ads, it raises awareness and informs people [continue reading]
