We had a post earlier this week about upcoming bus service changes and the addition of new Silver Line bus service between El Monte Station and the Artesia Transit Center via the El Monte Busway and Harbor Freeway Transitway. A press release on the Silver Line is after the jump [continue reading]
Metro CEO Art Leahy had a short item in his daily brief on Tuesday concerning a resolution under consideration by the L.A. City Council on the proposed tunnel to close the gap in the 710 freeway between Alhambra and Pasadena: LA City Council IT&GA Committee Approves Resolution Opposing SR-710 Extension [continue reading]
The Metrolink Board of Directors last month delayed making a decision on a controversial six percent fare increase and instead chose to look at other options to close the commuter rail line’s budget gap. One of those options: service cuts, according to a report to the board available on the [continue reading]
Me being me, the first headline that caught my eye this post-holiday Monday morning is courtesy of the NYT and runs under the headline, “Sex and the SUV: Men, Women, and Travel Behavior.” While I was offended at the use of the comma after ‘women’ — it’s not necessary, people [continue reading]
Don’t hit the streets looking for regular bus and train service tomorrow, Nov. 26 — Metro is running on a holiday schedule all day Thursday. Regular weekday service resumes on Friday. Here’s a link to the timetables page on the Metro website — holiday hours are marked on the schedules.
Long holiday weekends can be boring … although not usually. But if you’re looking for something to do this weekend, Metro has a discount agreement with MOCA (the Museum of Contemporary Art). It’s a two-for-one admission deal to all three of MOCA’s locations. MOCA Grand Avenue is just two blocks [continue reading]
Outdoor ice skating in Los Angeles? Without a car? Just because it’s 78° outside and Los Angeles is the car capital of the world doesn’t mean you can’t find yourself skating on a sheet of ice in an outdoor skating rink that you got to by train. In L.A. anything [continue reading]
I’m sure the folks at the Metro Library have Thanksgiving plans that need attention. But you wouldn’t know it — not the way they’re scouring the world wide web to bring you and me the latest, greatest transportation headlines. The first story that caught my eye was at the top [continue reading]
This week in 1955, Metropolitan Coach Lines put its Snow White bus into service between downtown Los Angeles and Disneyland. As it pulled onto Main Street in front of Disneyland City Hall, it was greeted by Walt Disney, the Mouseketeers and a 16-piece band. Disney Studio artists had transformed the bus exterior [continue reading]
The Westside Extension crew recently held a series of public meetings to discuss potential locations for subway stations; the above map shows a possible location for a station at Fairfax. The 84-page presentation — with loads of maps and renderings — is now online and available for download as a [continue reading]
