How We Roll, Sept. 21: San Fernando Valley edition
Art of Transit: Dept. of Sportsing: The Rams beat the 49ers 41-39 Thursday night. That means they’ll be at least .500 by the time their next game at the Coliseum [continue reading]
Rethinking the future of transportation
Transit is a critical piece of overall mobility in any urban environment. But, it is still just that – a piece of a much larger transportation picture. Across L.A. County, about six to seven percent of commuters use transit to reach work. This means that there many opportunities to capture [continue reading]
Go Avenue 26 – A little paint and a lot of listening
How a small project by a local non-profit stands for so much more A little over a year ago, Metro’s First and Last Mile Planning team sat with LA-Más to talk about [continue reading]
Messing with roads, no one walking to school: How We Roll, Sept. 19
Things to read whilst transiting: Metro’s chief innovation officer offers his two cents on the hyperloop and self-driving vehicles. Good read. Dept. of Twitter: #AvisoMetro Las líneas #L1, #L2, #L3, #L4, #L5, #L6, #L7, #L8, #L9 y #LB operan con normalidad. La marcha de trenes es continua. — MetroCDMX (@MetroCDMX) [continue reading]
Thoughts on the Hyperloop and autonomous vehicles
Embed from Getty Images How will autonomous vehicles impact Metro is a question oft-asked of our agency’s innovation office. By Joshua Schank / Chief Innovation Officer When you have a title like “Chief Innovation Officer in the Office of Extraordinary Innovation at LA Metro” people tend to ask you about [continue reading]
Homelessness, walkability and planning in LA, freebie rides in Bay Area: HWR, Sept. 18
Dept. of Dodgers Stadium Express: Within 48 hours I may be able to write — with certainty — that you can Go Metro to the Dodgers playoff opener on Friday, Oct. 6, against either the Cubs, Diamondbacks, Rockies, Brewers or Cardinals. More here about our freebie bus to the ballpark [continue reading]
Final Update: Blue Line resuming normal service
12:42 p.m.: Police activity has cleared and normal Blue Line service is now resuming. Minor residual delays are to be expected until 1 p.m. 10:06 a.m., Update: 8:36 a.m.: For alternate service between South LA and downtown LA, consider Silver Line + Green Line to bypass delay area.
Olympics/Paralympics, Dodgers, are buses the hot trend in transit: HWR, Sept. 13
Dept. of Los Angeles Olympics and Paralympics in 2028 #FollowTheSun pic.twitter.com/bKN9zKcrcU — Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) September 13, 2017 It's official 🎉 The IOC just announced Los Angeles will be [continue reading]
Can traffic be solved, Amazon’s next hub, Rams!, guess that lake: HWR, Sept. 11
Dept. of Remembrance: On the 16th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, I recommend spending some time on the 9/11 Memorial & Museum website. In the wake of the unimaginable, we came together in unity on the #911Memorial to #Honor911. https://t.co/OWzmt4bWnE pic.twitter.com/PYV3FdXFpn — 9/11 Memorial & Museum (@Sept11Memorial) September 11, [continue reading]
A note from Metro CEO Phil Washington on DACA
Metro CEO Phillip A. Washington sent the following to Metro staff earlier today: Dear Metro Family: Today, the Trump Administration announced an end to the Deferred Action for Children Arrivals, better known as DACA or the Dreamers Program. I write this personal email to you not as a political statement [continue reading]