A 7.7-mile Wilshire Boulevard peak hour bus plane project was endorsed on Wednesday afternoon by the Metro Board of Directors’ planning committee by a vote of 5 to 0. It is the same route recommended by Metro staff. The route — shown above — includes a 2.3-mile segment west of [continue reading]
[youtube width=”600″ height=”371″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njst8wzfHDw[/youtube] Back in March we revealed Metro’s soft launch of Nextrip for real-time bus arrivals. After a few months of testing and feedback the service is officially live – keep your eyes out on buses and trains for the Nextrip marketing blitz. The above video was produced to [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EyM7uj0Kpc&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Predicting traffic has always been a tricky proposition. Most “real-time” traffic web sites tend to have some lag time between retrieving data from sensors embedded in roadways and updating web sites showing traffic conditions. The above video explains a system being tested in the Bay Area that predicts what [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4TR_aIY7y4[/youtube] U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has become the poster child for “Gov 2.0”. His blog, Fast Lane, is one of the top government blogs according to Juggle.com. In addition, he’s got a Twitter account with over 16,800 followers and a Facebook profile with over 6,500 fans. Not bad [continue reading]
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) has just launched a new campaign to drum up support for public transit. It’s called “I <3 Transit” and participating couldn’t be any easier. Just text TRANSIT to 86677 to vouch for your love of transit. The larger goal is to use the results [continue reading]
Today’s launch of El Pasajero is big news, but another Metro blog recently got an update worth mentioning. Primary Resources, the official blog of the Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive (or the Metro Library for those who prefer brevity), now has a shiny new URL and look. Primary [continue reading]
Metro has received the LEED Gold designation for sustainable energy and environmental design for its Gateway headquarters building adjacent to Union Station in downtown L.A. — an achievement shared by only a few transit headquarters buildings in the United States. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-Existing Buildings/Operations and Maintenance [continue reading]
Just a quick heads up: Metro’s Spanish-language blog El Pasajero is launching on Friday and will be prominently featured for the next few days on the Metro.net homepage in place of The Source’s usual chunk of real estate. But we’re not going away! There will still be a tab linking [continue reading]
Over the past couple of months, Metro customers have been able to add stored value to their TAP cards at 22 ticket vending machines at Metro Rail stations. The test of stored value has gone very well — so well, in fact, that Metro today is selling stored value at [continue reading]
Last week we told you about Metro’s Developer Challenge – your opportunity to create the next great transit app with Metro’s open data and possibly win $2,000. Tonight we’re throwing a kick-off and Q&A event to get all app developer hopefuls up to speed on the specifics of the contest [continue reading]
