Newsflash!: A trio of recent Metro staff reports that contain some interestingness. First up is the latest update on a variety of Metro projects that Source readers often inquire about: [scribd id=296115333 [continue reading]
Art of Transit 1: Art of Transit 2: News flash!: The Metro Board of Directors’ Finance, Budget and Audit Committee will be discussing trends in ridership — Metro and otherwise [continue reading]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjY1glnsBPA&w=560&h=315] Metro’s Accessibility Unit has launched several Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and accessibility-related customer information videos, starting with the above, ‘Metro: A Customer’s View.’ The videos are meant [continue reading]
Final Update, 6:04 p.m.: Repairs to the overhead power supply system near Willow Street are complete, and the Metro Blue Line will resume normal, shortline service to Willow Street Station for the remainder of rush hour this evening. *** Metro Blue Line trains that would typically terminate at Willow Street Station will [continue reading]
Art of Transit: Metro takes control of Expo Line to begin pre-revenue service (Santa Monica Next) Metro can now justly say “my precious” about the project’s mainline tracks between Culver City and Santa Monica. The Expo Line Construction Authority handed over the 6.6-mile tracks on Friday, a big step forward [continue reading]
Art of Transit U.S. proposes spending $4 billion on self-driving cars (NYT) Excerpt: The government’s new support includes a request in President Obama’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year [continue reading]
From the Dept. of News: Bit of news, for @metrolosangeles watchers: Chief planning officer Martha Welborne has left the agency for a job with Disney. — Laura J. Nelson 🦅 [continue reading]
Art of Transit: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (@metrolosangeles) Art of Transit 2: Neither stadium would be walking distance from [continue reading]
Exciting new construction pics: click here to see the work-in-progress on moving the Gold Line tracks in Little Tokyo in order to build a rail tunnel entrance for the Regional Connector [continue reading]
The Transit Tourist takes a look at other transit systems across the globe from the first person perspective of a visitor. What can Metro learn from how these other systems [continue reading]
