Due to recent spikes in temperature, there will be some speed restrictions on sections of Metro Rail throughout the day. Speed restrictions are precautionary measures during extreme weather conditions to ensure we do not cause damage to the tracks or overhead power lines. This means there may be: Possible delays on Gold [continue reading]
Art of Transit: Hopefully tonight’s the night. But it would help to not strike out looking at three straight pitches, the kind of thing that would not be tolerated even [continue reading]
Millions around the world practiced how to Drop, Cover, and Hold On at 10:19 a.m. today during the Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills, which began in California in 2008. For those with a disability [continue reading]
Dept. of Twitter: https://twitter.com/yfreemark/status/920062632496943106 Only 15 years after it was highly recommended for the Rapid Network (Page 15):https://t.co/vihj0kYIvA https://t.co/Vdy98AuUsi — erikgriswold.bsky.social (@erik_griswold) October 16, 2017 https://twitter.com/ChristianAllen1/status/920403464034725888 https://twitter.com/MetroConnector/status/920399853770784769 I suspect 100 percent of you know what a tunnel is. But cool pic. This is the northern part of the Crenshaw/LAX Line [continue reading]
Dept. of Dodger Stadium Express: If we could put a beard on the Dodger bus, we would. Hmmm. #nlcs — Metro Los Angeles (@metrolosangeles) October 16, 2017 By popular demand. #NLCS #ThisTeam pic.twitter.com/cBeqObKrZu — Metro Los Angeles (@metrolosangeles) October 16, 2017 The bus will run from anywhere from two to [continue reading]
Metro will be hosting a law enforcement meet and greet on Friday, Oct. 27 at the Union Station East Portal from 9 a.m. to noon. Stop by and get to [continue reading]
Walking: it’s good for your health, it’s zero-emission and it’s a great way to get to know a neighborhood from the ground up (pun intended). Now that the weather is [continue reading]
Art of Transit Disruptive Transportation: The Adoption, Utilization, and Impacts of Ride-Hailing in the United States (University of California Davis) Embed from Getty Images As we’ve noted often in this space, transit ridership at Metro and many large transit agencies has taken a pronounced dip in recent years. There are [continue reading]
Embed from Getty Images Transit etiquette tips, as seen in Spain. You may have seen Metro’s three new transit etiquette videos that pit Super Kind against Rude Dude. There was a fair amount of commentary on social media today about the videos. I put some of the reaction below that [continue reading]
Dept. of Dodger Stadium Express: The list of potential World Series opponents for the Dodgers has dropped to three with the elimination earlier today of the Boston Red Sox. We’ll [continue reading]
