Just because it’s getting dark earlier doesn’t mean you should hurry home after work. Stay out and enjoy Downtown Los Angeles as it lights up with Metro Art Moves, Metro’s free Thursday evening art tours. The guided, artist-led tours will take you on an exploration of Metro station art and [continue reading]
The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT), in collaboration with Gallery Row Organization (GRO), presents the LADOT TAP Card Design Competition. Two winning designs will be selected to join the limited edition array of LADOT branded TAP cards. The competition is free to enter and participation is open to artists [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! ART OF TRANSIT: My somewhat less-than-cheery view of fall colors in downtown L.A. What can I say? I get grump-grump on Fridays! N.H.T.S.A reports higher [continue reading]
POSTPONED Coming up this Thursday according to Caltrans: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will have alternating closures in both directions of Pacific Coast Highway (State Route 1) intermittently between 6:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 21 from south of Las Posas Road to north of Deer Creek [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! ART OF TRANSIT: I hope the ultra-skinny models next stop was for a double-double, large fries and a seven milkshakes. For each of them. [continue reading]
[polldaddy poll=7520326] Although I’m normally allergic to panel discussions, I actually attended one last month at the Mobility 21 conference on self-driving cars that rose to the level of mighty interesting. The gist of the conversation: virtually ever major car company is pursuing self-driving cars, the technology is sound, the [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! ART OF TRANSIT: Culver City station from our Instagram account. Exploring the South Bay Green Line Extension (KCET Depatures) A look at the possible route [continue reading]
Today’s the grand “ice breaker” ceremony at Pershing Square’s Downtown on Ice! The free event starts at 11 a.m. with performances, skating exhibitions and more. Although the ceremony ends at noon, outdoor ice skating will be available through January 20. Skate sessions are 60 minutes each. Check Downtown on Ice’s [continue reading]
Metro participated in the November 9 installment of KPFK’s “Bike Talk” radio program, a weekly radio show that discusses issues of interest to the L.A. bicycling community. Diego Cardoso, executive officer of countywide planning and development at Metro, discussed Metro’s efforts to fund bicycle infrastructure improvements through the Call for [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! ART OF TRANSIT: Line 45 on Broadway just north of Chinatown. From Metro’s Instagram account. Is it okay to kill cyclists? (New York Times) I’m [continue reading]
