Next week a $1.65-million contract with NextBus, Inc. for a real-time bus arrival system goes in front of the Metro board for approval. If approved, Metro riders could be receiving real-time bus arrival information via text, cell phone, smartphone and web by early 2011. NextBus currently provides its real-time services [continue reading]
As of 12pm all Red Line trains have been issued a 25 mile per hour speed restriction from Union Station to North Hollywood and Wilshire Western due to equipment issues. Passengers should expect 10-20 minute delays until further notice.
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Updates page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter. View Metro Daily Transit Forecast in a larger map Lines 20/720, 200 Lines 20/720 and 200 will be detoured due to the Central American [continue reading]
[polldaddy poll=3765322] So far, with 157 votes as of 10am, our mobile device survey shows that, at least amongst our readers, there are just about as many Android users as there are iPhone users. Metro’s initial iPhone offering met with mixed-reviews but it looks like the numbers may reveal that [continue reading]
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Updates page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter. View Metro Daily Transit Forecast in a larger map Blue Line Due to Expo construction work after 8:15pm, trains run every 30 minutes. Northbound [continue reading]
[polldaddy poll=3765322] As Metro beefs up its mobile resources it makes sense to take a look at how transit customers are accessing the mobile web. Metro recently released an iPhone app, and the stats show that the iPhone is the number one mobile device used to access Metro.net – but [continue reading]
Two weeks ago Metro released Build 1.0 of its Go Metro iPhone app – marking the agency’s first foray into the world of smartphones. The news that Metro released an app for Apple’s popular mobile platform certainly nabbed some headlines, but the app itself has received less than enthusiastic reviews [continue reading]
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Updates page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter. View Metro Daily Transit Forecast in a larger map Red/Purple Line Due to necessary elevator maintenance work, the Hollywood/Vine Station elevator located between mezzanine [continue reading]
Due to construction of the new El Monte bus station, there has been a shortage of parking at the interim station. Some good news: The city of El Monte has made about 110 parking spaces available next door to the interim station at Pioneer Park starting immediately. It’s one block [continue reading]
For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Updates page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter. View Metro Daily Transit Forecast in a larger map Red/Purple Line Due to necessary elevator maintenance work, the Hollywood/Vine Station elevator located between mezzanine [continue reading]
