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Dept. of Dodger Stadium Express: The Dodgers’ magic number is down to four to clinch their seventh straight NL West division title. That means they’ll likely wrap things up this weekend, meaning in turn they’re likely to host game one of the Division Series on Oct. 3. The Dodger Stadium [continue reading]
This is a very big deal. https://t.co/TNYlTEScQk — john gordon (@j6ordon) August 28, 2019 It’s not working yet on my phone or I’m too tech-dumb to get it to work, but I agree with my colleague John that this is a great transit-friendly feature. View this post on Instagram [continue reading]
•The Wall Street Journal looks at declining bus ridership in our region — boardings are down 24 percent on the Metro bus system since 2013 — and what might be done to fix it. The answers, at least in the confines of this article: more dedicated bus lanes and congestion [continue reading]
Art of DTLA: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (@metrolosangeles) •Things to listen to whilst transiting: I had no idea making and selling yogurt was so hard. The “How I Built This” podcast looks at the trials and tribulations of [continue reading]
Dept. of Regional Connector: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (@metrolosangeles) Dept. of Go Metro to Sports: •LAFC has accumulated 55 points this season — the next closest team in the MLS has 45 points (and that team, Philly, isn’t even [continue reading]
As of 10:30 a.m. today, trhe Dodgers have an 18-game lead in the NL West over the D-Backs and the Giants. That means their magic number is now 30, which means that they could clinch the division by Labor Day. Which means the post-season is basically a mortal lock for [continue reading]
Between some vacation time and other duties, it has been a while since I’ve rode herd on transportation-related news. So let’s see if the saddle still fits… •Long interview with Metro CEO Phil Washington at the Planning Report, but some pretty good nuggets in there on Metro’s challenges when it [continue reading]
Dept. of Careers: There are some high-profile jobs open at Metro in some key positions — jobs important to the well-being of L.A. County. Feel free to share with colleagues, [continue reading]
Dept. of Giving Names to Machines: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (@metrolosangeles) Dept. of Transpo-Related Tweets Happy to announce Metro will no longer publish PSAs on TPIS screens. Just arrivals and alerts from now on. It’s a small win [continue reading]
Art of Transit: A trio of pics of Crenshaw/LAX Line edition, which is scheduled to open next year. I took these pics just before landing at LAX on Tuesday — [continue reading]
