The first Service Council agendas for the spring season are now set for this month’s five meetings, though changes may be made prior to the meeting dates. All April Council meetings include a report from Metro Service Council Director Jon Hillmer, providing monthly and year to date statistics on ridership, [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e8BmBoQv5U] Some awesomeness from the Toronto Transit Commission from last April 1. Why raise Metro fares when giving away free parking? (LA Streetsblog) Joe Linton [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Transit riders assail proposed Metro fare hike at public meeting (L.A. Times) Coverage of the four-hour hearing on Saturday over the proposed fare increase. As [continue reading]
Click on photo to see larger Here is another set of photos of Metro riders who took the time to travel to Metro this morning to testify to the Metro Board of Directors at the public hearing over proposed fare changes. Photos by Steve Hymon/Metro. More photos and text later. RELATED POSTS: [continue reading]
The USGS is currently calling it a 5.1-magnitude earthquake, epicenter near La Habra at 9:09 p.m. It was preceded by a 3.6 quake at 8:03 p.m. There was a 3.4 aftershock at 9:11 p.m., a 3.6 aftershock at 9:30 p.m. and a 2.7 aftershock at 9:45 p.m., according to the USGS. Updates [continue reading]
At approximately 8:50 a.m. today a construction failure occurred at Metro Division 13, a new bus operating division being built in downtown Los Angeles. Workers were pouring concrete in the upper parking deck of the southeast corner of building B when pour watchers noticed something was amiss. The workers on site [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Bullet train won’t meet targeted travel time, lawmakers told (L.A. Times) The High-Speed Rail Peer Review Group told legislators in Sacramento that it’s very unlikely [continue reading]
I missed this one earlier and I’m going to be tied up tomorrow morning at the Move LA conference, so I thought it best to add now: More buses and highways across the region will ease traffic gridlock, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti says (Daily News) Speaking at a transportation forum [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Community hopes to cut down tree plan (Park La Brea News/Beverly Press) A story about Metro’s plans to eventually remove about 135 trees along Wilshire [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! NTSB: CTA operator dozed off, didn’t wake up until crash at O’Hare (CBS Chicago) The operator of the train that crashed into a platform and [continue reading]
